{"id":8506,"date":"2014-08-02T18:34:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T17:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8506"},"modified":"2014-08-02T18:34:24","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T17:34:24","slug":"midland-metro-urbos3-28-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8506","title":{"rendered":"Midland Metro Urbos3 28 arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deliveries of Midland Metro\u2019s new CAF built Urbos 3\u2019s continues to be picked up with number <strong>28<\/strong> the latest to be delivered to the depot at Wednesbury on Tuesday 29th July. This is the 12th of the trams to arrive in the UK and the early deliveries continue to be used on a regular basis for testing and driver training ahead of an expected entry into service this summer (possibly at the end of this month).<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Testing\/training\/mileage accumulation running has recently been extended away from just the evening period with afternoon runs now being undertaken during the week. Before the trams can be cleared for service they need to run 1800km fault free and so far it is believed that very few of the Urbos3\u2019s have achieved this yet although <strong>18<\/strong> is thought to have done so and is currently stabled on the depot alongside withdrawn T69s <strong>01<\/strong> and <strong>02<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8507\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8507\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8507\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8507\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8507\" title=\"18+01+02-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/18+01+02-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">18 sits at the depot alongside T69s 01 &amp; 02 with further Urbos3s visible on the left.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8508\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8508\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8508\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8508\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8508\" title=\"24-1aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24-1aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">24 runs along Bilston Road during a driver training\/mileage accumulation run on 28th July.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8509\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8509\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8509\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8509\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8509\" title=\"24-2aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24-2aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of 24 during training on a sunny 28th July.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8510\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8510\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8510\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8510\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8510\" title=\"24-3aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24-3aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">24 at Lodge Road on 29th July during further testing.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8511\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8511\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8511\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8511\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8511\" title=\"24-4aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/24-4aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">24 arrives at Priestfield.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8512\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8512\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8512\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8512\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8512\" title=\"28-1aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/28-1aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The newest arrival, 28, is seen during a shunting exercise on 29th July.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8513\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8513\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8513\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8513\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8513\" title=\"28-2aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/28-2aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">28 is moved by the Unmiog around the depot.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8514\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8514\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8514\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8514\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8514\" title=\"28-3aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/28-3aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Unimog seen coupled to 28. (Photos by and on behalf of Andy Walters. Published with permission)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deliveries of Midland Metro\u2019s new CAF built Urbos 3\u2019s continues to be picked up with number 28 the latest to be delivered to the depot at Wednesbury on Tuesday 29th July. 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