{"id":44190,"date":"2022-03-16T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=44190"},"modified":"2022-03-12T12:32:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T12:32:53","slug":"out-and-about-west-midlands-metro-in-wolverhampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=44190","title":{"rendered":"Out and About: West Midlands Metro in Wolverhampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are off to the West Midlands Metro today for this edition of \u201cOut and About\u201d as we feature trams in action at the current sole Wolverhampton terminus.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44191\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44191\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44191\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44191\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44191\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1.24-rb-550x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1.24-rb-550x393.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1.24-rb-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1.24-rb-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1.24-rb.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That terminus is Wolverhampton St George\u2019s which, although not in its original configuration (having lost one platform face and seeing a platform length extension), is the first terminus for the Metro in the city but will eventually be joined by one outside the railway station when that extension opens. This first photo shows one of the first batch of CAF built trams \u2013 24 standing at the terminus.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_44192\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44192\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44192\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44192\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2.42-rb-550x393.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2.42-rb-550x393.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2.42-rb-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2.42-rb-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2.42-rb.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Same numbers, different order! One of the new order of trams, no. 42, is also seen at Wolverhampton St George\u2019s. Note that the tram doesn\u2019t have its pantograph raised with some trams continuing to approach the terminus on battery power.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_44193\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=44193\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44193\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44193\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44193\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3.42-rb-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3.42-rb-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3.42-rb-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3.42-rb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3.42-rb.jpg 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another look at 42 as it stands at Wolverhampton St George\u2019s. (All Photographs by Roland Bull, 7th January 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are off to the West Midlands Metro today for this edition of \u201cOut and About\u201d as we feature trams in action at the current sole Wolverhampton terminus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44190"}],"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=44190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44195,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44190\/revisions\/44195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}