{"id":18841,"date":"2017-10-04T19:26:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T18:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=18841"},"modified":"2021-02-13T11:42:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T11:42:35","slug":"in-pictures-work-continues-on-bilston-road-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=18841","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Work continues on Bilston Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The work to replace both in and out bound tracks on Bilston Road between Priestfield and The Royal is continuing with the Midland Metro Alliance still stating that they are on schedule for the line to fully reopen by Christmas. The chance is also being taken to install the points for the forthcoming Wolverhampton City Centre extension in order to try and minimise disruption for Metro travellers in the future. Andy Walters has been out with his camera again and provides us with these latest images of recent progress.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The Midland Metro Alliance have said that work is progressing well and it is on schedule for completion by Christmas. Alejandro Moreno, Midland Metro Alliance Director, said: \u201cWe do appreciate everyone\u2019s patience whilst we are carrying out these important works and I am delighted to say we are on schedule to complete our works by Christmas. We will continue to communicate with affected residents and businesses in advance of this next stage of the works in order people can find alternative routes around the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38008\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38008\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38008\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38008\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1.bilston-aw-1-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work is progressing here immediately following Priestfield with track waiting to be put into place.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38009\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38009\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38009\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38009\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38009\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2.bilston-aw-1-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38009\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A section of track is lifted into place.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38011\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38011\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38011\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38011\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/3.bilston-aw-1-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The gap between the old and the new track.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38012\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38012\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38012\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38012\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4.bilston-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Track is fixed into place.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38013\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38013\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38013\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38013\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/5.bilston-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view towards The Royal.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38014\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38014\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38014\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38014\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/6.bilston-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work now underway to install the points for the Wolverhampton City Centre extension which will leave the current line here to travel down Piper\u2019s Row. (All Photographs by Andy Walters)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The work to replace both in and out bound tracks on Bilston Road between Priestfield and The Royal is continuing with the Midland Metro Alliance still stating that they are on schedule for the line to fully reopen by Christmas. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=18841\">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\/18841"}],"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=18841"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38015,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18841\/revisions\/38015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}