{"id":12952,"date":"2015-10-31T18:22:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T17:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=12952"},"modified":"2015-10-31T18:22:14","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T17:22:14","slug":"in-pictures-midland-metro-snow-hill-last-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=12952","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Midland Metro Snow Hill last day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 24th October saw something happen which is thankfully nowadays a rare occurrence \u2013 the closure of a section of tramway in the UK. This was the last day that you could go for a ride on a Midland Metro tram between St Paul\u2019s and the Birmingham Snow Hill terminus as from the start of service the following day St Paul\u2019s became the terminus to allow for the Birmingham City Centre extension to be connected to the current line.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->On the last day <strong>31<\/strong>, <strong>23<\/strong>, <strong>21<\/strong>, <strong>18<\/strong>, <strong>32<\/strong>, <strong>27<\/strong>, <strong>26<\/strong>, <strong>35<\/strong> and <strong>30<\/strong> started off in service with <strong>33<\/strong> replacing <strong>31<\/strong> later on in the day. A standard service was in operation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12953\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=12953\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12953\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12953\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12953\" title=\"1.32-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/1.32-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">32 waits at Snow Hill. The dark and dingy terminus probably won&#39;t be missed by many photographers from this angle.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12954\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=12954\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12954\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12954\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12954\" title=\"2.35-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2.35-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">35 seen from the stairs leading up to street level. This was probably the best angle for photos at the terminus.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12955\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=12955\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12955\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12955\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12955\" title=\"3.36-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/3.36-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">36 at Snow Hill in the preferred platform awaiting departure.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12956\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=12956\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12956\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12956\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12956\" title=\"4.sh-aw\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/4.sh-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Snow Hill we have probably never shown before. (All Photographs by Andy Walters)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 24th October saw something happen which is thankfully nowadays a rare occurrence \u2013 the closure of a section of tramway in the UK. 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