{"id":2391,"date":"2012-11-25T18:51:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T18:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2391"},"modified":"2012-11-26T19:08:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T19:08:08","slug":"in-pictures-metrolink-rochdale-town-centre-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2391","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Metrolink Rochdale Town Centre extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Manchester Metrolink line through to Rochdale Railway Station may not yet have<br \/>\nbeen opened but already significant progress is being made on the extension of the line into Rochdale Town Centre. This photo update shows the latest progress on Drake Street in the town centre and show that the tracks are being laid at the side of the road rather than in the middle which means at the Wet Rake end there is a considerable distance between the lines.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2377\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2377\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2377\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2377\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2377\" title=\"drakest1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/drakest1-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/drakest1-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/drakest1-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/drakest1.jpg 1380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This first view shows the junction between Drake Street and Oldham Road. (Photo:Ken Walker)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2378\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2378\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2378\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2378\" title=\"drakest2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/drakest2-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/drakest2-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/drakest2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/drakest2.jpg 1382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view down Drake Street with rails already in situ. (Photo: Ken Walker)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2379\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=2379\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2379\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2379\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2379\" title=\"yorkshirest\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/yorkshirest-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/yorkshirest-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/yorkshirest-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/yorkshirest.jpg 1309w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And we conclude with another view looking up Drake Street from the Esplanade . (Photo: Ken Walker)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Manchester Metrolink line through to Rochdale Railway Station may not yet have been opened but already significant progress is being made on the extension of the line into Rochdale Town Centre. This photo update shows the latest progress on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=2391\">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":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391"}],"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=2391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions\/2409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}