{"id":59782,"date":"2025-08-24T17:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T16:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=59782"},"modified":"2025-08-17T11:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T10:21:52","slug":"out-and-about-2025-manchester-metrolink-ashton-line-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=59782","title":{"rendered":"Out and About 2025: Manchester Metrolink \u2013 Ashton line July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another edition of \u201cOut and About\u201d and we\u2019re off to Manchester Metrolink as we take a look at some operations on the Ashton line whilst it was severed from the rest of the network owing to trackworks in the city centre.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59783\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.3098-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59783\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.3098-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.3098-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.3098-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1.3098-rh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">During the length blockade from 3rd June until 10th August services were only able to run between Piccadilly and Etihad Campus\/Ashton with a selection of trams being based on the line to allow this to happen (they were able to switched over on a couple of occasions). In this view we look through the driver\u2019s windscreen of a tram as 3098 passes. We\u2019re just by the Aldi superstore at Ashton with the tram terminus not far away for 3098.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_59784\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2.3116-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59784\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59784\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2.3116-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2.3116-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2.3116-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2.3116-rh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This shot shows 3116 stopping at Velopark with a service to Ashton. On the left we see the stadium used by Manchester City ladies.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_59785\" style=\"width: 423px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.3064-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59785\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-59785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.3064-rh-413x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.3064-rh-413x550.jpg 413w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.3064-rh-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/3.3064-rh.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-59785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spare trams were stabled during the day at Piccadilly Stadium undercroft. This view has 3064 waiting until its used next. (All Photographs by Reece Hughes, 19th July 2025)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another edition of \u201cOut and About\u201d and we\u2019re off to Manchester Metrolink as we take a look at some operations on the Ashton line whilst it was severed from the rest of the network owing to trackworks in the city &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=59782\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59782"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59786,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59782\/revisions\/59786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}