{"id":64348,"date":"2026-08-27T21:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=64348"},"modified":"2026-08-26T19:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T18:45:34","slug":"in-pictures-more-adverts-in-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=64348","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: More adverts in Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t often go many days without a new advert being applied on Manchester Metrolink and so in this article we head back to the UK\u2019s largest tram network to see another couple of adverts which have recently been added. The latest trams to receive ads are <strong>3100<\/strong> and <strong>3109<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>3100<\/strong> had only recently been returned to fleet livery after losing its JD Sports advert but that didn\u2019t last long with it now promoting various Marvel character games you can enjoy on the PS5 (including Spider-Man 2 and Wolverine).<\/p>\n<p>As its advertising numerous games its got various different sections with reds, blacks and yellows all seen on the tram. As usual the ends are still in fleet livery and it does also include vinyls on the windows.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fifth advert on <strong>3100<\/strong>. Previous adverts have been for Vodafone (June 2018-December 2019), The Hundred (June-August 2025), xtb (February-April 2026), JD Sports (June-August 2026).<\/p>\n<p>The other new advert is on a tram which hasn\u2019t previously received a wrap, <strong>3109<\/strong>.\u00a0 Its now carrying a floral design for Manchester Airport Singapore Airlines and marks the start of a daily flight between Manchester and Singapore \u2013 the first time they have flown seven days a week and comes shortly after they celebrated 40 years of flying from Manchester Airport.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64349\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1.3100-aa.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64349\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1.3100-aa-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1.3100-aa-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1.3100-aa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1.3100-aa.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3100 at St Peter\u2019s Square with its new Marvel PS5 games advert.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_64350\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2.3109-aa.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64350\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2.3109-aa-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2.3109-aa-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2.3109-aa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2.3109-aa.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The East Didsbury line was the place to be for new adverts on this visit it would appear as 3109 could also be found operating on that route. With its Manchester Airport Singapore Airlines advert affixed its at St Peter\u2019s Square.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_64351\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3.3110-aa.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64351\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64351\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3.3110-aa-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3.3110-aa-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3.3110-aa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3.3110-aa.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not previously illustrated on these pages is the Footlocker advert on 3110. We remedy that with this image as the tram runs along Aytoun Street with a Piccadilly to Bury service. (All Photographs by Alan Absolom, 25th August 2026)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t often go many days without a new advert being applied on Manchester Metrolink and so in this article we head back to the UK\u2019s largest tram network to see another couple of adverts which have recently been added. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=64348\">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\/64348"}],"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=64348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64352,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64348\/revisions\/64352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}