{"id":61798,"date":"2026-02-05T22:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=61798"},"modified":"2026-02-07T21:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T21:29:33","slug":"metrolink-3127-back-in-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=61798","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink 3127 back in service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Article updated 7\/2\/26 with addition of photo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Another medium\/long term absentee on Manchester Metrolink has returned to service with <strong>3127<\/strong> back in use after approximately eight months. The tram was noted back in service on 3<sup>rd<\/sup> February 2026, although its not known if this was its first day back.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>3127<\/strong> had last run on 28<sup>th<\/sup> May 2025 when it was involved in a RTC close to Clayton Hall. This saw it receive damage to its cab but this wasn\u2019t a simple job which could be completed straight away and so its taken just over eight months for it to be fixed and re-commissioned for service.<\/p>\n<p>On 3<sup>rd<\/sup> February 2026 it was allocated to service on the Manchester Airport to Victoria service.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst 3127 is back out, there do remain a number of long-term absentees. None more so than <strong>3005<\/strong> which was last seen in service in February 2020, whilst others include <strong>3053<\/strong> (which was sent to Kilmarnock for repairs on 20<sup>th<\/sup> July 2025), <strong>3065<\/strong> and <strong>3091<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_61836\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3127-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61836\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-61836\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3127-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3127-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3127-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3127-rh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-61836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3127 heads away from St Peter&#8217;s Square on the way to Ashton-under-Lyne. (Photograph by Reece Hughes, 6th February 2026)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article updated 7\/2\/26 with addition of photo Another medium\/long term absentee on Manchester Metrolink has returned to service with 3127 back in use after approximately eight months. The tram was noted back in service on 3rd February 2026, although its &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=61798\">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\/61798"}],"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=61798"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61838,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61798\/revisions\/61838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}