{"id":14614,"date":"2016-05-14T20:42:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T19:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14614"},"modified":"2016-05-14T20:42:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-14T19:42:51","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-second-city-crossing-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14614","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink Second City Crossing works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Works to construct the Manchester Metrolink Second City Crossing (2CC) which will increase capacity through the City Centre whilst providing a secondary route for trams running across the city are continuing as show in this photo update provided by Steve Kemp.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14615\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14615\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14615\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14615\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14615\" title=\"2cc-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-1-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-1-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-1.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Works are underway outside the Royal Exchange Theatre preparing the surface for track laying.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14616\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14616\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14616\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14616\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14616\" title=\"2cc-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-2-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-2-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-2.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slightly further along and more progress.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14617\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14617\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14617\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14617\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14617\" title=\"2cc-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-3-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-3-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-3-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-3.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slightly further back in progress is this section where the surface is still being prepared.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14618\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14618\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14618\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14618\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14618\" title=\"2cc-4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-4-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-4-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-4-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-4.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tracks fully in situ - just waiting for overhead and trams!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14619\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14619\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14619\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14619\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14619\" title=\"2cc-5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-5-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-5-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-5.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The curve from St Peter&#39;s Square onto 2CC.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_14620\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14620\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14620\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14620\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14620\" title=\"2cc-6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-6-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-6-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-6-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-6.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The platforms being constructed at St Peter&#39;s Square.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14621\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14621\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14621\" title=\"2cc-7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-7-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"The track layout at St Peter's Square starts to take shape as 3067 waits during a period of disruption.\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-7-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-7-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-7.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14622\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=14622\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14622\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14622\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14622\" title=\"2cc-8\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-8-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-8-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-8-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/2cc-8.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view in St Peter&#39;s Square of the current state of affairs. (All Photographs by Steve Kemp, 30th April 2016)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Works to construct the Manchester Metrolink Second City Crossing (2CC) which will increase capacity through the City Centre whilst providing a secondary route for trams running across the city are continuing as show in this photo update provided by Steve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=14614\">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":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14614"}],"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=14614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14625,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14614\/revisions\/14625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}