{"id":10398,"date":"2015-02-21T14:35:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T14:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=10398"},"modified":"2015-02-21T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T14:35:21","slug":"in-pictures-wolverhampton-rail-replacement-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=10398","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Wolverhampton rail replacement works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we march towards, well, March and the planned reopening of the Midland Metro line between The Royal and Wolverhampton St George\u2019s progress is continuing on the much delayed rail replacement project and with thanks to Michael Averill we are able to bring you another photo update of what has been happening recently.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10399\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=10399\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10399\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10399\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10399\" title=\"1.mine-subsidence-site-bils\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1.mine-subsidence-site-bils-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1.mine-subsidence-site-bils-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1.mine-subsidence-site-bils-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/1.mine-subsidence-site-bils.jpg 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Steelhouse Lane, with The Royal stop immediately behind, the mine workings subsidence has now been filled in but the new trackbed has yet to be laid.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10400\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=10400\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10400\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10400\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10400\" title=\"2.New-rails-between-Ring-Rd\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2.New-rails-between-Ring-Rd-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2.New-rails-between-Ring-Rd-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2.New-rails-between-Ring-Rd-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2.New-rails-between-Ring-Rd.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New rails have been laid between the Ring Road and the terminus. This will be the site of the new junction.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10401\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=10401\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10401\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10401\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10401\" title=\"3.Newly-extended-platform-a\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3.Newly-extended-platform-a-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3.Newly-extended-platform-a-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3.Newly-extended-platform-a-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/3.Newly-extended-platform-a.jpg 1277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wolverhampton St George&#39;s terminus itself showing the newly extended platform and the lack of track on the roadside face.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10402\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=10402\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10402\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10402\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10402\" title=\"4.relaid-track-Bilston-Rd-r\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4.relaid-track-Bilston-Rd-r-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4.relaid-track-Bilston-Rd-r-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4.relaid-track-Bilston-Rd-r-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/4.relaid-track-Bilston-Rd-r.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of newly laid track on the Bilston Road reservation approaching the Ring Road.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10403\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=10403\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10403\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10403\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10403\" title=\"5.Relaid-track-W-of-subside\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5.Relaid-track-W-of-subside-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5.Relaid-track-W-of-subside-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/5.Relaid-track-W-of-subside.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10403\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Relaid track west of the subsidence on Bilston Road.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_10404\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=10404\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10404\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10404\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10404\" title=\"6.Track-relaid-on-Bilston-R\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6.Track-relaid-on-Bilston-R-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6.Track-relaid-on-Bilston-R-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/6.Track-relaid-on-Bilston-R.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More relaid track on Bilston Road but note that no new track has been laid across the island or on the Wishbone Bridge. (All Photos by Michael Averill on 14th February 2015)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we march towards, well, March and the planned reopening of the Midland Metro line between The Royal and Wolverhampton St George\u2019s progress is continuing on the much delayed rail replacement project and with thanks to Michael Averill we are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=10398\">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":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10398"}],"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=10398"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10407,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10398\/revisions\/10407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}