{"id":24980,"date":"2018-12-10T19:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T19:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=24980"},"modified":"2018-12-10T12:26:39","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T12:26:39","slug":"in-pictures-latest-images-from-pinfold-street-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=24980","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Latest images from Pinfold Street, Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With work continuing on extension construction work on three different systems \u2013 Blackpool, Manchester and West Midlands Metro \u2013 we take a look at recent progress at the Birmingham end of West Midlands Metro where there has been a concentration of effort on Pinfold Street. Pinfold Street is the first section of the Birmingham Westside line which is an extension of the line which currently runs as far as Grand Central \u2013 this new line will open in phases with the first section due to carry its first passengers next year.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24981\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=24981\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24981\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24981\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24981\" title=\"1.pinfold-mm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.pinfold-mm-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.pinfold-mm-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.pinfold-mm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1.pinfold-mm.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The current end of the line on Stephenson Street \u2013 closed to trams until the summer with this construction taking place which has led to all trams arriving and departing from the same platform at Grand Central \u2013 is seen here looking towards the main construction site on Pinfold Street.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_24982\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=24982\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24982\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24982\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24982\" title=\"2.pinfold-mm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.pinfold-mm-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.pinfold-mm-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.pinfold-mm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2.pinfold-mm.jpg 1267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking up Pinfold Street towards Centenary Square as preparations continue to be made to the surface to try and reduce vibrations to a minimum. (Both Photographs by Martin Miller)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With work continuing on extension construction work on three different systems \u2013 Blackpool, Manchester and West Midlands Metro \u2013 we take a look at recent progress at the Birmingham end of West Midlands Metro where there has been a concentration &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=24980\">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\/24980"}],"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=24980"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25042,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24980\/revisions\/25042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}