{"id":36331,"date":"2020-11-26T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=36331"},"modified":"2020-11-26T16:38:45","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T16:38:45","slug":"in-pictures-work-starts-on-blackpool-tram-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=36331","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Work starts on Blackpool tram stops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the upgraded Blackpool Tramway now having been running for over eight years \u2013 and much of the infrastructure having been in place before then \u2013 there are certain aspects which have been starting to look tired, especially as a result of the harsh coastal environment. One of the oft criticised parts which has required attention is the various tramstops but it could be that this is now underway with a new seat having recently been installed on the southbound platform at Manchester Square.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36332\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=36332\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36332\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36332\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36332\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/seat-ta-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/seat-ta-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/seat-ta-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/seat-ta-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/seat-ta.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-36332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new seat here at Manchester Square to a slightly different design to that which went before. (Photograph by Tony Armitage, 8th November 2020)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the upgraded Blackpool Tramway now having been running for over eight years \u2013 and much of the infrastructure having been in place before then \u2013 there are certain aspects which have been starting to look tired, especially as a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=36331\">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\/36331"}],"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=36331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36333,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36331\/revisions\/36333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}