{"id":62600,"date":"2026-04-10T22:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62600"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:18:17","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-3081-receives-its-12th-advert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62600","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink 3081 receives its 12th advert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are some trams which receive the odd advert here and there, and then there is <strong>Manchester Metrolink 3081<\/strong> which has just received its 12<sup>th<\/sup> advert! The tram is now carrying a mainly yellow design for Adidas.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This latest advert for <strong>3081<\/strong> is a simple design with the familiar Adidas logo looming large (featuring no fewer than four times on each side). The slogan FEEL FAST is used along with a website address for Adidas\u2019 running range. Mainly yellow it also graduates to a bluey\/grey colour in the centre.<\/p>\n<p>The previous 12 adverts for <strong>3081<\/strong> have seen designs for IKEA, Starling Bank, GetOnBoard, Hard Rock Caf\u00e9, Delicia Drench Body Butter, Autotrader, Juneyao Airlines, David Hockney exhibition at Aviva Studios, JD Sports, Arndale Centre, and Power of You by Giorgio Armani. The last set of vinyls had only been removed in March 2026.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62601\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3081-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62601\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3081-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3081-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3081-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3081-rh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3081 calls at Victoria carrying its new Adidas vinyls. The tram was working the newly extended Crumpsall to The Trafford Centre service. (Photograph by Reece Hughes, 10th April 2026)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some trams which receive the odd advert here and there, and then there is Manchester Metrolink 3081 which has just received its 12th advert! The tram is now carrying a mainly yellow design for Adidas.<\/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\/62600"}],"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=62600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62602,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62600\/revisions\/62602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}