{"id":14486,"date":"2016-04-25T19:18:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T18:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14486"},"modified":"2016-04-25T19:18:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T18:18:40","slug":"in-pictures-sheffield-tram-train-work-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14486","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Sheffield tram-train work update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work to bring the UK\u2019s first tram-train service to life is continuing with two major worksites now underway \u2013 at Meadowhall South to connect Supertram tracks with the national rail network and also at Rotherham Parkgate where a stop is due to be constructed. In this pictorial update Stuart Cooke has been exploring and we take a look at preparatory works in Rotherham.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14487\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14487\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14487\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14487\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14487\" title=\"1.parkgate-sc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1.parkgate-sc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1.parkgate-sc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1.parkgate-sc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1.parkgate-sc.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The South Yorkshire Canal is on the right of this shot which shows the location of Rotherham Parkgate stop with the shopping centre of the same name in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14488\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14488\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14488\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14488\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14488\" title=\"2.parkgate-sc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2.parkgate-sc-412x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2.parkgate-sc-412x550.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2.parkgate-sc-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/2.parkgate-sc.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of the preparatory work.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14489\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14489\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14489\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14489\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14489\" title=\"3.parkgate-sc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/3.parkgate-sc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/3.parkgate-sc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/3.parkgate-sc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/3.parkgate-sc.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14489\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A close-up view of the site of the platform. (All Photographs by Stuart Cooke)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work to bring the UK\u2019s first tram-train service to life is continuing with two major worksites now underway \u2013 at Meadowhall South to connect Supertram tracks with the national rail network and also at Rotherham Parkgate where a stop is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14486\">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":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14486"}],"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=14486"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14491,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14486\/revisions\/14491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}