{"id":8591,"date":"2014-08-08T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T11:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8591"},"modified":"2014-08-08T12:41:25","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T11:41:25","slug":"in-pictures-the-old-the-new-and-the-waiting-to-re-enter-service-on-metrolink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8591","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: The old, the new and the waiting to (re-)enter service on Metrolink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We take a brief look at newly entered LRVs into service, those waiting to enter service (or in the case of <strong>3013<\/strong> re-enter) and those which are destined for other things but not to carry passengers as we have a brief round-up of Manchester Metrolink. Featured in these photos are T68 <strong>1003<\/strong> and M5000s <strong>3013<\/strong>, <strong>3085<\/strong> and <strong>3086<\/strong>. Photos by Steve Kemp.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8592\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8592\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8592\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8592\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8592\" title=\"1003-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1003-sk-550x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1003-sk-550x452.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1003-sk.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Still powered up following its recent move across Manchester, 1003 waits for further transport at Queens Road.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8593\" style=\"width: 376px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8593\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8593\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8593\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8593\" title=\"3013-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3013-sk-366x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3013-sk-366x550.jpg 366w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3013-sk-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3013-sk.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It is now 18 months since 3013 last ran in passenger service and preparations continue for it to return to service.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8594\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8594\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8594\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8594\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8594\" title=\"3085-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3085-sk-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3085-sk-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3085-sk-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3085-sk.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The latest M5000 to enter service is 3085. Note the advertising vinyls added to the windows for Here&#39;s One We Made Earlier, an exhibition at the Lowry on BBC Children&#39;s television.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8595\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8595\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8595\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8595\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8595\" title=\"3086-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3086-sk-443x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3086-sk-443x550.jpg 443w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/3086-sk.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The newest M5000 in Manchester is 3086 and this remains at Queens Road undergoing commissioning and mileage accumulation. (All Photos: Steve Kemp)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We take a brief look at newly entered LRVs into service, those waiting to enter service (or in the case of 3013 re-enter) and those which are destined for other things but not to carry passengers as we have a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8591\">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\/8591"}],"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=8591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8597,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8591\/revisions\/8597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}