{"id":62187,"date":"2026-03-07T16:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62187"},"modified":"2026-03-14T17:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:40:48","slug":"whats-new-on-british-trams-online-7th-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62187","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New on British Trams Online? 7th March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photos in this week&#8217;s update come from Manchester Metrolink in late February 2026:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/gallery2026\/gallery14.html\">Photos: Manchester Metrolink &#8211; February 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week there are updates this week to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/docklands.html\">Docklands Light Railway<\/a> (update on new trains status and deliveries), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/eatm.html\">East Anglia Transport Museum<\/a> (photo links), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/edinburgh.html\">Edinburgh Trams<\/a> (photo links), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/luas.html\">Luas, Dublin<\/a> (general update), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/manchester.html\">Manchester Metrolink<\/a> (adverts removed and photo links), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/crich.html\">National Tramway Museum<\/a> (2026 planned operating fleet), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/net.html\">Nottingham Express Transit<\/a> (partial removal of advert on <b>204<\/b>), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/tyne.html\">Tyne and Wear Metro<\/a> (new train into service and Metrocars for scrap) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/midland.html\">West Midlands Metro<\/a> (new advert, new name and photo links) Fleet Lists. There are also updates to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/manchesteradvert.html\">Manchester Metrolink<\/a> (adverts removed and photo links), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/netadvert.html\">Nottingham Express Transit<\/a> (partial removal of advert) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/fleets\/midlandadvert.html\">West Midlands Metro<\/a> (new advert and photo links) Advert Lists.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62188\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cover26-10.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62188\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62188\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cover26-10-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cover26-10-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cover26-10-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cover26-10.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The latest example of the same advertiser using multiple tramways to promote their businesses is L&#8217;Oreal who have current ads on both the West Midlands Metro and Manchester Metrolink. Its the Manchester version we see here on 3102 as it passes Manchester Central on 27th February 2026 on its way from Manchester Airport to Victoria. Both adverts are very similar and promote L&#8217;Oreal&#8217;s lengthening mascara. 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