{"id":45896,"date":"2022-07-26T20:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=45896"},"modified":"2022-07-26T19:37:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T18:37:05","slug":"commonwealth-games-baton-to-travel-on-tram-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=45896","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Games baton to travel on tram in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Queen\u2019s Baton Relay \u2013 the Commonwealth Games answer to the Olympic Torch \u2013 is to take a quick ride on the West Midlands Metro as it reaches the end of its epic journey across the Commonwealth on Wednesday 27<sup>th<\/sup> July. The baton bearer will board a tram on Broad Street before taking a short journey to Library in Centenary Square.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is the penultimate day of the Baton Relay with it arriving at the Alexandra Stadium the following day as part of the Opening Ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Allison, West Midlands Metro Interim Managing Director, said: \u201cIt may only be a short hop between these stops, but we are immensely proud to be involved in this inspiring celebration of equality, inclusivity, and connectivity through sport. These themes underpin the two days the Baton will spend in Birmingham, and they are principles we wholeheartedly embrace. In fact, we can\u2019t wait to help carry the baton and its message from the Her Majesty, The Queen that will launch 11 days of fantastic sport in our city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, added: \u201ct was only a week ago that we marked the opening of the Westside Metro extension \u2013 well timed to welcome on board visitors to our region for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. And this week the Metro will be welcoming on board a very special visitor \u2013 The Queen\u2019s Baton! As the Baton Relay makes its way through Birmingham city centre, I\u2019m pleased a key part of our public transport system will be playing host as the eyes of the world are upon us.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This isn\u2019t the first tram the Baton has travelled on during its tour of the UK with <strong>Blackpool Boat 227<\/strong> having previously had the honour of carrying one of the baton bearers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Queen\u2019s Baton Relay \u2013 the Commonwealth Games answer to the Olympic Torch \u2013 is to take a quick ride on the West Midlands Metro as it reaches the end of its epic journey across the Commonwealth on Wednesday 27th &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=45896\">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\/45896"}],"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=45896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45897,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45896\/revisions\/45897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}