{"id":19352,"date":"2017-11-11T18:58:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=19352"},"modified":"2021-02-12T20:36:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T20:36:23","slug":"in-pictures-bilston-road-trackworks-carry-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=19352","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Bilston Road trackworks carry on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline for reopening Midland Metro through to Wolverhampton St George\u2019s is now rapidly approaching \u2013 in time for Christmas is the plan \u2013 which means good progress should be able to be seen along Bilston Road and at the city centre junction in this major project to upgrade the tramway. In this latest pictorial update we do see that a lot of work has now been completed but there does still seem to be a fair bit of track to be laid and full road surface returned whilst on the junction finishing works are now underway. Andy Walters with the pictures.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37822\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37822\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37822\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37822\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37822\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1.bilston-aw-1-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The old and new track remains severed at Priestfield.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_37824\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37824\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37824\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37824\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37824\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/2.bilston-aw-1-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A little further along Bilston Road and the Wolverhampton bound track is complete with work continuing on the track to Birmingham although the new track is now in position.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_37825\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37825\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37825\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37825\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37825\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/3.bilston-aw-2-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At an earlier stage of progress this section still requires some track to be laid before it can be fully secured and the new road surface added.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_37826\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37826\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37826\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37826\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37826\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4.bilston-aw-1-550x311.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With a dip in the road surface visible as the track heads under the bridge more track laying is seen.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_37827\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37827\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37827\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37827\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37827\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/5.bilston-aw-1-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just short of The Royal and the road surface is being renewed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_37828\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37828\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37828\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37828\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37828\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/6.junction-aw-1-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finishing works are continuing at the junction to the new City Centre extension.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_37829\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=37829\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37829\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37829\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-37829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/7.junction-aw-550x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken from a bus an aerial view of the new junction. (All Photographs by Andy Walters, 10th November 2017)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deadline for reopening Midland Metro through to Wolverhampton St George\u2019s is now rapidly approaching \u2013 in time for Christmas is the plan \u2013 which means good progress should be able to be seen along Bilston Road and at the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=19352\">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\/19352"}],"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=19352"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37830,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19352\/revisions\/37830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}