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Friday 20th April was Historic day for modern trams has Midland metros Tram 18 entered passenger service able to operate on over head power and battery power .
Tram 18 arrived from Spain on 15th April 2013 and after testing and driver training
18 entered passenger service on the 15th September 2014 and ran on over head power covering
201,218 km by early December 2016 when it was taken out of service .
18 was chosen to be the prototype to be able run batteries and was sent back to Spain on 18th January 2017 , It returned from Spain on 22nd September 2017 fitted with batteries on top of both ends of the roof .
Mainline Testing began during night time after normal passenger services had ended and
over 18,000 km of tests were conducted .
After all of metros staff were familiar and passed with its battery operation it finally entered passenger service on Friday 20th April .
To begin with and continue its evaluation in Passenger service it is running on normal overhead power from Wolverhampton heading toward Birmingham has far has "Handsworth booth street " then the Pantograph is lowered and it runs has far has "Soho Benson road" before the Pantograph is raised and normal overhead operation begins again , the reverse takes place on the north bound run .
First day of Passenger on service 20th April service arriving at west bromwich heading towards Birmingham
AT Soho Benson road with the Pantograph down
Operating on over head power in broad st Birmingham
Running on battery power arriving at "Handworth booth st"
The pantograph will soon be lowered and it will run on overhead power
Arriving at "Winson green "heading towards Birmingham on battery power .
View of roof mounted batteries at no 2 end
No 1 end
The space were the new Lithium Batteries would fit , photo taken 20-12-2016
just a few weeks before it was sent back to Spain
Short clip on youtube Tram 18 in service
Information on Tram 18
http://www.railtechnologymagazine.c...r-battery-fit-out-ahead-of-ole-free-operation
https://www.expressandstar.com/news...owered-midland-metro-tram---how-does-it-work/
Tram 18 arrived from Spain on 15th April 2013 and after testing and driver training
18 entered passenger service on the 15th September 2014 and ran on over head power covering
201,218 km by early December 2016 when it was taken out of service .
18 was chosen to be the prototype to be able run batteries and was sent back to Spain on 18th January 2017 , It returned from Spain on 22nd September 2017 fitted with batteries on top of both ends of the roof .
Mainline Testing began during night time after normal passenger services had ended and
over 18,000 km of tests were conducted .
After all of metros staff were familiar and passed with its battery operation it finally entered passenger service on Friday 20th April .
To begin with and continue its evaluation in Passenger service it is running on normal overhead power from Wolverhampton heading toward Birmingham has far has "Handsworth booth street " then the Pantograph is lowered and it runs has far has "Soho Benson road" before the Pantograph is raised and normal overhead operation begins again , the reverse takes place on the north bound run .
First day of Passenger on service 20th April service arriving at west bromwich heading towards Birmingham
AT Soho Benson road with the Pantograph down
Operating on over head power in broad st Birmingham
Running on battery power arriving at "Handworth booth st"
The pantograph will soon be lowered and it will run on overhead power
Arriving at "Winson green "heading towards Birmingham on battery power .
View of roof mounted batteries at no 2 end
No 1 end
The space were the new Lithium Batteries would fit , photo taken 20-12-2016
just a few weeks before it was sent back to Spain
Short clip on youtube Tram 18 in service
Information on Tram 18
http://www.railtechnologymagazine.c...r-battery-fit-out-ahead-of-ole-free-operation
https://www.expressandstar.com/news...owered-midland-metro-tram---how-does-it-work/
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