{"id":62863,"date":"2026-05-02T14:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62863"},"modified":"2026-05-02T14:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:21:09","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-3117-returns-to-fleet-livery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62863","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink 3117 returns to fleet livery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester Metrolink 3117<\/strong> is the latest tram to have seen expired advertising vinyls removed with it now back in the standard silver and yellow (not forgetting the spots!) fleet livery.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>3117<\/strong> has been advertising the Disney Pixar film Hoppers since February. With the film having been released in UK cinemas on 6<sup>th<\/sup> March 2026 and it rapidly approaching May it is now time for the yellow vinyls to be removed again.<\/p>\n<p>This was the ninth advert that <strong>3117<\/strong> had carried: Manchester College, Cyberpunk 2077, Lifebuoy Soap, Yayoi Kusama Aviva Studio, Marks Electrical, Aperol Spritz, Wednesday, Wicked For Good, and Hoppers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62864\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3117-rh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62864\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62864\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3117-rh-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3117-rh-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3117-rh-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3117-rh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3117 was working with another recent advert removal tram, 3091, when seen running to Bury at Queens Road. (Photograph by Reece Hughes, 28th April 2026)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester Metrolink 3117 is the latest tram to have seen expired advertising vinyls removed with it now back in the standard silver and yellow (not forgetting the spots!) fleet livery.<\/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\/62863"}],"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=62863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62865,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62863\/revisions\/62865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}