079 - Manchester Metrolink 2nd August 2022 - Bury to Victoria and the City Centre

We visited Manchester Metrolink for the penultimate trip in the "cover the network" series. Today it was the turn of Bury to Victoria and the City Centre and our final trip will cover Rochdale to Victoria, probably in September 2022. Two new allover adverts were out today that I had not seen before and, surprisingly, one is applied to 3087 that has only carried the Paramount Television advert for two months. It now regales us with the splendors of shopping at your local Co-op. The second new advert is 3102 for Hard Rock Cafe and, specifically, the Messi Burger (named after footballer Lionel Messi, but probably, most likely in my case, a messy burger!) The latest tram in service (3143) was out an about and is seen in the video and the accompanying slideshow. All in all, today, we saw at least the following trams: 3003 3004 3006 3008 3009 3011 3012 3013 3014 3017 3018 3020 3021 3023 3026 3028 3030 3031 3034 3035 3036 3041 3042 3045 3046 3047 3048 3050 3051 3052 3054 3055 3057 3058 3059 3060 3064 3068 3069 3070 3072 3075 3076 3077 3079 3087 3088 3089 3092 3097 3098 3102 3103 3108 3109 3111 3113 3115 3120 3124 3125 3126 3128 3131 3133 3135 3142 3143 Metrolink's revenue control team was out in force today and, travelling on so many trams, I met most of them. What a wonderful team of people! Very professional and eager to find out (in a very nice way) what I was up to. By lunchtime, they were waving to me. Lovely people...... well done Metrolink Revenue Team! Keep up the good work - you are brilliant. To complete the collection, we need 3019 (saw it today parked in Queen's Road depot yard), 3083, 3144. I have an old photo of 3005 but would like it new one if and when it returns to service. So, September for the final run in this series. We hope you enjoy this presentation and that you "like" and subscribe to our channel - Youtube Podbaba Transport. Podbaba Transport. 2nd August 2022