{"id":18961,"date":"2017-10-13T20:31:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T19:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=18961"},"modified":"2021-02-13T11:26:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T11:26:35","slug":"in-pictures-rotherham-central-tram-train-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=18961","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Rotherham Central tram-train works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not just the West Midlands where construction work is ongoing as there is also progress on the delayed tram-train pilot between Sheffield and Rotherham. In this photo update we take a look at the latest progress at Rotherham Central on both the low floor platform and installation of overhead.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37981\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37981\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37981\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37981\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37981\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1.rotherham-mh-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1.rotherham-mh-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1.rotherham-mh-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1.rotherham-mh-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1.rotherham-mh.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On 11th October taken from Main Street looking towards Ickles with overhead supports and wires now in place. (Photograph by Martin Hague)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_37982\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37982\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37982\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37982\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2.rotherham-sc-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2.rotherham-sc-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2.rotherham-sc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2.rotherham-sc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2.rotherham-sc.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Work continues on the low floor platform at Rotherham Central on 12th October.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_37984\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37984\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37984\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37984\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/3.rotherham-sc-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/3.rotherham-sc-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/3.rotherham-sc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/3.rotherham-sc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/3.rotherham-sc.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Progress is further advanced on the other platform.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_37985\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37985\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37985\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37985\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4.rotherham-sc-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4.rotherham-sc-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4.rotherham-sc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4.rotherham-sc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4.rotherham-sc.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New road bridge in situ above the track. The overhead has also now been strung. (Photographs x 3 by Stuart Cooke)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>* A video of the work at Rotherham Central \u2013 alongside some trains operating on the railway \u2013 from Martin Miller can be viewed at <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ofCaUm-xAgM\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ofCaUm-xAgM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not just the West Midlands where construction work is ongoing as there is also progress on the delayed tram-train pilot between Sheffield and Rotherham. In this photo update we take a look at the latest progress at Rotherham Central &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=18961\">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\/18961"}],"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=18961"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37986,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18961\/revisions\/37986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}