{"id":40983,"date":"2021-08-11T20:00:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T19:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40983"},"modified":"2021-08-11T16:43:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:43:04","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-wiring-work-starts-to-move-along-talbot-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40983","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool wiring work starts to move along Talbot Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the overhead installation for the Blackpool Tramway extension began last month it has been taking place on the section where the new line connects with the old Prom line. This has seen overhead put in place on the south and north curves along with various span wires and frogs in preparation for trams both pantograph and trolley fitted. But now work is moving along Talbot Road with the first span wires now in place up to the new Premier Inn (on the site of the old Yates\u2019 Wine Lodge). We take a look at those new wires \u2013 as well as a quick look at Wilko\u2019s \u2013 in this latest pictorial update.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40984\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40984\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40984\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40984\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.overhead-ta-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.overhead-ta-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.overhead-ta-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.overhead-ta-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1.overhead-ta.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking from Talbot Square towards Premier Inn with span wires overhead.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_40985\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40985\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40985\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40985\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.overhead-ta-1-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.overhead-ta-1-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.overhead-ta-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.overhead-ta-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2.overhead-ta-1.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The span wires get as far as halfway along the Premier Inn building.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_40986\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40986\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40986\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40986\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40986\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3.overhead-ta-1-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3.overhead-ta-1-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3.overhead-ta-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3.overhead-ta-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/3.overhead-ta-1.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of the span wires along Talbot Road.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_40987\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40987\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40987\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40987\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4.track-ta-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4.track-ta-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4.track-ta-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4.track-ta-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/4.track-ta.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image at Wilko\u2019s showing the concrete in place below the rails. (All Photographs by Tony Armitage, 11th August 2021)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the overhead installation for the Blackpool Tramway extension began last month it has been taking place on the section where the new line connects with the old Prom line. This has seen overhead put in place on the south &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40983\">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\/40983"}],"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=40983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40988,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40983\/revisions\/40988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}