{"id":60947,"date":"2025-11-18T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=60947"},"modified":"2025-11-18T19:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T19:30:11","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-3102-back-to-advertising-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=60947","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink 3102 back to advertising already"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we reported how <strong>Manchester Metrolink 3102<\/strong> had lost its previous advert \u2013 and now after around a week with it running in fleet livery its back with another vinyl wrap! This time the tram is advertising JD Sports \u2013 also marking a return to advertising for the sportswear retailer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This new advert for <strong>3102<\/strong> is in the standard Metrolink advertising style \u2013 namely the ends remain in fleet livery with the rest wrapped, including the second set of windows on both sections of the tram. Charitably we\u2019ll call the actual design busy which shows various products available to purchase from JD Sports.<\/p>\n<p>This now becomes the sixth advert carried on <strong>3102<\/strong>. They have been Welcome Back Manchester (June-December 2021), Hard Rock Caf\u00e9 (July-November 2022), Starling Bank (March 2024-March 2025), Bohomoon (July-September 2025), and Medik8 (September-November 2025).<\/p>\n<p>As for JD Sports they previously advertised on <strong>3118<\/strong> (November 2024-January 2025) and <strong>3081<\/strong> (March-May 2025).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_60948\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3102-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-60948\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-60948\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3102-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3102-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3102-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3102-rh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-60948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3102 calls at St Peter\u2019s Square with its new advert as it heads to Etihad Campus. (Photograph by Reece Hughes, 17th November 2025)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we reported how Manchester Metrolink 3102 had lost its previous advert \u2013 and now after around a week with it running in fleet livery its back with another vinyl wrap! This time the tram is advertising JD Sports &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=60947\">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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60947"}],"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=60947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60949,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60947\/revisions\/60949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}