{"id":4503,"date":"2013-07-13T13:11:54","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T12:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=4503"},"modified":"2013-07-13T13:11:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T12:11:54","slug":"in-pictures-midland-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=4503","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Midland Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not often illustrated on these pages is the Midland Metro system which currently runs\u00a0 between Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton St Georges although the coming years should see extensions at both ends with the one to Birmingham New Street due to open in 2015. Photos from a recent visit by <strong>Steve Kemp<\/strong> to Midland Metro are provided below including a look at the trams which are now fitted with electronic destination blinds.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4506\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=4506\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4506\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4506\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4506\" title=\"13-loxdale-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/13-loxdale-sk-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/13-loxdale-sk-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/13-loxdale-sk-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/13-loxdale-sk.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">13 - still carrying the original livery style - stops at Loxdale with a service to Birmingham Snow Hill.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4505\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=4505\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4505\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4505\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4505\" title=\"08-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/08-sk-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/08-sk-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/08-sk-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/08-sk.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">08 heads to Birmingham Snow Hill showing off its electronic display.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4504\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=4504\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4504\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4504\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4504\" title=\"05-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/05-sk-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/05-sk-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/05-sk-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/05-sk.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">05 departs on the way to Wolverhampton St George&#39;s carrying the Network West Midlands livery. (All photos: Steve Kemp)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not often illustrated on these pages is the Midland Metro system which currently runs\u00a0 between Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton St Georges although the coming years should see extensions at both ends with the one to Birmingham New Street due &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=4503\">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":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4503"}],"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=4503"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4508,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4503\/revisions\/4508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}