{"id":61494,"date":"2026-01-07T21:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T21:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=61494"},"modified":"2026-01-07T12:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T12:53:46","slug":"in-pictures-west-midlands-metro-56-gets-a-partial-advertising-livery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=61494","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: West Midlands Metro 56 gets a partial advertising livery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It didn\u2019t take many days of 2026 before we got to report on a new advert being carried by a tram and it\u2019s the West Midlands Metro who are fast out of the starting blocks! The tram seen adorned with new adverts is <strong>56<\/strong>, although its not a full wrap with just the centre three sections carrying the vinyls.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>56<\/strong> is now advertising the West Midlands Business Festival which takes place between 2<sup>nd<\/sup> and 13<sup>th<\/sup> February 2026. This event apparently offers unlimited opportunities and is apparently an ideal opportunity to connect and network with other business people across the West Midlands.<\/p>\n<p>The advert features orange vinyls on the middle three sections of the tram (the Urbos3 and Urbos100 trams on the West Midlands Metro each have five sections) with the end sections being kept free of any advertising.<\/p>\n<p><strong>56<\/strong> \u2013 which is named Amman Ahmed after a volunteer who was recognised as part of the 50for50WM campaign in late 2024 \u2013 has not previously carried an advert so its starting the new year with something new!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61495\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/56-sp-scaled.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61495\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61495\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/56-sp-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/56-sp-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/56-sp-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/56-sp-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/56-sp-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">56 is spotted here in the snow carrying its new adverts as it calls at Priestfield with its destination set for Edgbaston Village. (Photograph by Shiv Patel, 6th January 2026)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It didn\u2019t take many days of 2026 before we got to report on a new advert being carried by a tram and it\u2019s the West Midlands Metro who are fast out of the starting blocks! The tram seen adorned with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=61494\">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":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61494"}],"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=61494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61496,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61494\/revisions\/61496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}