{"id":25523,"date":"2019-01-09T21:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T21:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25523"},"modified":"2019-01-09T18:09:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T18:09:34","slug":"in-pictures-tracklaying-continues-in-blackpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25523","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Tracklaying continues in Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the bulk of trackwork on the junction between the Promenade tramway and the new line up Talbot Road to Blackpool North Railway Station was completed in December during a partial closure of the tramway there remains some work to be completed along with other work along Talbot Road. It is expected that the trackwork will be completed during February although with the Wilkinson\u2019s building still very much in situ there will still need to more tracklaying in the future once this has finally been demolished. Tony Stevenson has provided us with these latest images.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25524\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25524\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25524\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25524\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25524\" title=\"1.talbot-ts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1.talbot-ts-550x418.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1.talbot-ts-550x418.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/1.talbot-ts.jpg 1010w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking into Talbot Square from the Prom with the new junction taking shape. As can be seen on the left the tracks are still to be fully connected.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25525\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=25525\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25525\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25525\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25525\" title=\"2.talbot-ts\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2.talbot-ts-550x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2.talbot-ts-550x420.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/2.talbot-ts.jpg 1005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Flexity tram gently makes its way past the barriers surrounding the junction trackworks. (Both Photographs by Tony Stevenson)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the bulk of trackwork on the junction between the Promenade tramway and the new line up Talbot Road to Blackpool North Railway Station was completed in December during a partial closure of the tramway there remains some work to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=25523\">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":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25523"}],"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=25523"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25534,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25523\/revisions\/25534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}