End of the T69s

[uniquicity]

Had a ride from brum to bilston this evening and saw 3 t69s in service: 08, 10 & 16. Good to see them carrying on for the moment.

These 3 are still out.

[MetroT69]

Greetings.

The end of the T69s  were meant to end  way back back ,but have been put off a few times now .
the day after the opening of st Georges was one such day but did not happen.
Now the plan is the end of this month (may)  but still doubt full ?  because of on going Urbos 3 issues.

The remaining T69s now available for service are ( 06-08-10-16 )   on a good day all four can be out  or on a bad day just one ( like today ) over  the last three weeks there have been mainly three out in daily service ,  10  was out today but was taken off service around 14.00 hrs due to problems with the public PA system and was substituted  with 08 , thankfully another full Urbos 3 service did not happen.

T69  -04 which was withdrawn because of Tyre wear ( a common problem ) has now been made into a weed killing tram  and can be used at slow speed on the metro line murdering weeds!


31st may (Sunday) will be the 16th year of Metro T69 service  ,lets hope that T69 -16 is out even though there is normally a full Urbos 3 service .


An Illustrated History of the Midland Metro T69 Trams book is now out .

http://www.buryrossendalerails.com/



A sad site to see.  In Total Six Trams left the depot by lorry
The Withdrawn wild bunch - Trams 01-02-03



Tram- 01 /Departing 13-10-13


Tram- 02 /Departing 07-10-13


The final day of T69 service will  not go unnoticed by Centro or Metro. ;)

[Stevo]

Thanks for this. Where did 1-3 and the others go? Long Marston?

[wembley86]

t-69's  still running today

[MetroT69]

yes Trams  01-02-07-13-14-15  have all gone to long marston .
I was lucky enough to photo them all going ,   that is were the rest will end up except 16  that is staying at the depot has P- way tram.   There was talk of 11 ending up at one of the working museums ? 

[Stevo]

Will 04 the weedkiller go too?

[MetroT69]

I believe so has only 16 was to kept but will have to wait and see .

The end of T69 service has come and gone at least twice now ! it is only because of reliability issues
with the new Urbos 3 that they have been patched together to keep going until the very  end,
which this time was  going to be just 2 days time sat 30th,possible 31st  .
But again because there should have been a few more Urbos 3 in service by now the date is now pushed forward again.


Urbos 30 -33 were out on there final acceptance  tests today  and may be in service  tomorrow.    Metro will then  have fourteen Urbos 3 trams to cover for a Ten  tram service .

[Trident 4194]

I saw an old tram on thursday

[wembley86]

t-69s trams in service this evening

[Stevo]

2 T69s out today - couldn't get numbers.

[wembley86]

2 T69s out today - couldn't get numbers.

10 was out today

[MetroT69]

Urbos3  -30 new to passenger service today , only one T69 -06 out in service.

But urbos3 -26 was taken off because of a fault, replaced by T69 -08  ,which ran till around 12 midday then replaced with urbos 27.     06 still out there .

Urbos3 -35 out on test .

33 out soon  ;D

[Stevo]

No T69s out today. 35 still on test.

[MetroT69]

It now seems That the T69s are a rare thing to see  in day time service :-\ 

06 was out Monday and taken off for no reason other than to replace it with an Urbos3 to make a full urbos3 service .

Tuesday was also a full Urbos service ,has is today Wednesday.

It now seems the only chance to see a  T69s is the  one round Trip in the morning and evening at peak times ,although  they are there if the need arises has standby trams  .
( 06 was outside the depot today resting )

The last i saw of 16  was Friday 29-05-15   not seen it out working since ?

[MetroT69]

today 08-10.  16 outside the depot available