{"id":711,"date":"2012-04-22T19:04:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T19:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=711"},"modified":"2012-04-22T19:04:24","modified_gmt":"2012-04-22T19:04:24","slug":"variotram-2555-enters-passenger-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=711","title":{"rendered":"Variotram 2555 enters passenger service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second of the Variotrams being built for London Tramlink has entered passenger<br \/>\nservice. <strong>2555 <\/strong>was used in service for the first time on Thursday 12<sup>th<\/sup> April running from Therapia Lane to East Croydon and then two circuits of the town loop before returning to<br \/>\nTherapia Lane.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>2554 <\/strong>also continues to see passenger service with this tram believed to have now reached New Addington with passengers on board (previously the Variotrams had only run in non-passenger tests east of East Croydon). It is expected that the next step in the continued acceptance of these trams will be the entry into passenger service on both the Elmers End and Beckenham Junction lines, with this likely in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The only other Variotram currently in the UK \u2013 <strong>2556 <\/strong>\u2013 has not yet been seen out of Therapia Lane \u2013 unless you know any differently! The Transport for London plan is thought still to be for the introduction of Line 4 between Elmers End and Therapia Lane in June.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_712\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=712\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-712\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-712\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-712\" title=\"2555georgest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2555georgest-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2555georgest-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2555georgest-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2555georgest.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-712\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2555 at George Street on 12th April, it&#39;s first day in passenger service between Therapia Lane and East Croydon. (Photo: Ian Buck)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_713\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=713\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-713\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-713\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-713\" title=\"2555waddon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2555waddon-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2555waddon-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2555waddon-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/2555waddon.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of 2555 on 12th April this time at Waddon Marsh. (Photo: Ian Buck)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second of the Variotrams being built for London Tramlink has entered passenger service. 2555 was used in service for the first time on Thursday 12th April running from Therapia Lane to East Croydon and then two circuits of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=711\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711"}],"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=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}