{"id":6314,"date":"2014-01-21T20:07:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T20:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=6314"},"modified":"2014-01-21T20:07:06","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T20:07:06","slug":"in-pictures-testing-of-rochdale-town-centre-metrolink-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=6314","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Testing of Rochdale town centre Metrolink extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As well as using the week\u2019s closure of the Metrolink line between Central Park and Rochdale Railway Station to commission and test the new Oldham town centre extension the chance is being taken to undertake some significant testing on the Rochdale town centre extension. <strong>3006<\/strong>, <strong>3047<\/strong> and <strong>3071<\/strong> have been in use running singly with <strong>3075<\/strong> and <strong>3076<\/strong> operating as a pair. Testing has not yet commenced on the Oldham town centre line although it has been suggested it may start tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6315\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=6315\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6315\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6315\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6315\" title=\"3075+3076-hh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3075+3076-hh-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3075+3076-hh-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3075+3076-hh-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3075+3076-hh.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3075 and 3076 in Rochdale town centre during testing on 21st January. (Photo: Harold Hull)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6316\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=6316\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6316\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6316\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6316\" title=\"3047-hh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3047-hh-550x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3047-hh-550x271.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3047-hh-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3047-hh.jpg 1321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3047, operating singly, continues with the testing in Rochdale town centre. (Photo: Harold Hull)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6317\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=6317\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6317\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6317\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6317\" title=\"3006+3075+3076-hh\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3006+3075+3076-hh-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3006+3075+3076-hh-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3006+3075+3076-hh-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3006+3075+3076-hh.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3006 and 3075+3076 pass in Rochdale town centre during testing on 21st January. (Photo: Harold Hull)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_6318\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=6318\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6318\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6318\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6318\" title=\"3071+3006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3071+3006-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3071+3006-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/3071+3006.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3071 and 3006 sit in the new Rochdale terminus on 20th January. (Photo: Alan Taylor)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>* You can see more of Harold Hull&#8217;s photos at\u00a0http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tramsntrains<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As well as using the week\u2019s closure of the Metrolink line between Central Park and Rochdale Railway Station to commission and test the new Oldham town centre extension the chance is being taken to undertake some significant testing on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=6314\">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\/6314"}],"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=6314"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6321,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6314\/revisions\/6321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}