{"id":7465,"date":"2014-05-04T12:05:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T12:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=7465"},"modified":"2014-05-04T12:05:46","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T12:05:46","slug":"in-pictures-manchester-metrolink-t68as-%e2%80%93-the-last-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=7465","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Manchester Metrolink T68As \u2013 the last day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As reported previously on <em>British Trams Online<\/em> the last day of operation for the two remaining Manchester Metrolink T68As was on Wednesday 30th April when <strong>2001<\/strong> and <strong>2003<\/strong> were allocated to running on the Bury-Abraham Moss shuttle. <strong>2001<\/strong> departed Bury at 1951 with the penultimate departure before <strong>2003<\/strong> followed with the final service to Abraham Moss leaving rather appropriately at <strong>2003<\/strong> with the tannoy playing \u201cI Did it My Way\u201d by Frank Sinatra ahead of departure! We can now bring you a few images from the last day ahead of a full \u201cFarewell\u201d gallery to follow in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7468\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=7468\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7468\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7468\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7468\" title=\"DSC_4015a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_4015a-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_4015a-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_4015a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2001 arrives at Crumpsall with a service to Bury.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7469\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=7469\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7469\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7469\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7469\" title=\"DSC_4043a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_4043a-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_4043a-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_4043a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both of the last two meet at Crumpsall: 2001 and 2003 heading in opposite directions. (Photos x2 Steve Hyde)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7471\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=7471\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7471\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7471\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7471\" title=\"2001+2003-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2001+2003-sk-412x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2001+2003-sk-412x550.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2001+2003-sk-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2001+2003-sk.jpg 972w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2003 and 2001 seen together again, this time at Abraham Moss.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7473\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=7473\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7473\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7473\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7473\" title=\"2001-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2001-sk-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2001-sk-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2001-sk-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2001-sk.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2001 arrives at Abraham Moss with a healthy group of enthusiasts waiting.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_7474\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=7474\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7474\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7474\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7474\" title=\"2003-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2003-sk-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2003-sk-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2003-sk-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/2003-sk.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2003 at Abraham Moss having terminated with the final service. (Photos x3: Steve Kemp)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported previously on British Trams Online the last day of operation for the two remaining Manchester Metrolink T68As was on Wednesday 30th April when 2001 and 2003 were allocated to running on the Bury-Abraham Moss shuttle. 2001 departed Bury &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=7465\">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\/7465"}],"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=7465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7476,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7465\/revisions\/7476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}