{"id":4081,"date":"2013-06-09T14:04:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2013-06-09T14:04:40","modified_gmt":"2013-06-09T13:04:40","slug":"in-pictures-old-tram-track-revealed-in-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=4081","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Old tram track revealed in Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some more old tram track has been revealed due to gas main works &#8211; over 55 years after it was last used. This time the location is Liverpool at the bottom of the Thomas Drive reservation at the junction with Thomas Lane. Trams last ran here on route 40 which closed on 14 September 1957 and like in so many other places across the UK rather than removing the track it was just tarmacced over. John Hewitt provides us with some photos.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=4082\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4082\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4082\" title=\"IMAG1048\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1048-550x328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1048-550x328.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1048.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=4083\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4083\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4083\" title=\"IMAG1053\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1053-550x328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1053-550x328.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1053.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=4084\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4084\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4084\" title=\"IMAG1055\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1055-550x328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1055-550x328.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1055.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4085\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=4085\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4085\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4085\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4085\" title=\"IMAG1058\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1058-550x328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1058-550x328.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMAG1058.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Images of the tram track at the junction of Thomas Drive and Thomas Lane which has come to the surface during gas main works. (All photos: John Hewitt)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some more old tram track has been revealed due to gas main works &#8211; over 55 years after it was last used. 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