{"id":61601,"date":"2026-01-18T17:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=61601"},"modified":"2026-01-18T09:42:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:42:50","slug":"out-and-about-new-advert-on-manchester-metrolink-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=61601","title":{"rendered":"Out and About: New advert on Manchester Metrolink \u2013 January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today \u201cOut and About\u201d is off to Manchester Metrolink with a view of a new advert for 2026.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61602\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3102-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61602\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3102-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3102-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3102-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3102-rh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3102 is the first tram in 2026 to have received a new vinyl wrap advert with it having received an advert for itv. Similar to West Midlands Metro this is a regionalised itv ad with it having a Greater Manchester theme, and is there anything on that channel more associated with the region than Coronation Street? The bright yellow advert \u2013 although a slightly different shade of yellow than the normal fleet livery \u2013 is seen on the tram here as it departs from Deansgate-Castlefield on the way to Rochdale. (Photograph by Reece Hughes, 9th January 2026)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today \u201cOut and About\u201d is off to Manchester Metrolink with a view of a new advert for 2026.<\/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\/61601"}],"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=61601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61603,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61601\/revisions\/61603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}