{"id":48559,"date":"2023-03-02T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=48559"},"modified":"2023-03-02T18:48:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T18:48:11","slug":"in-pictures-west-midlands-metro-construction-works-at-wednesbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=48559","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: West Midlands Metro construction works at Wednesbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve made lots of mention of the West Midlands Metro extension to Dudley and Brierley Hill and how it leaves the current line at Wednesbury but haven\u2019t featured much about the construction works at the near end of the extension. We remedy that here as we take a look at some of the construction works at Wednesbury which will see the installation of a new junction to take trams on the way to Dudley.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The junction is being constructed just to the east of Wednesbury Great Western Street (the Birmingham side of the stop) and will includes access from trams coming from both Wolverhampton and Birmingham. At this stage it hasn\u2019t been confirmed what the service pattern will be for trams running to Dudley when the line opens \u2013 scheduled to be in 2024.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_48560\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=48560\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48560\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48560\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1.wednesbury-aw-550x305.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"305\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This general view of the construction of the line at Wednesbury shows the proximity of it to the depot at Wednesbury. In the centre of the image was see the ramp which will take the tracks from current line to the alignment to Dudley.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_48561\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=48561\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48561\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48561\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48561\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2.wednesbury-aw-550x378.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A closer view of the new ramp being built.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_48562\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=48562\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48562\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48562\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3.wednesbury-aw-550x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this shot we take a side view of the ramp.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_48563\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=48563\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48563\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48563\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4.wednesbury-aw-550x303.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This final view looks across towards the current Birmingham to Wolverhampton line with the overhead wires seen. (All Photographs by Andy Walters)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve made lots of mention of the West Midlands Metro extension to Dudley and Brierley Hill and how it leaves the current line at Wednesbury but haven\u2019t featured much about the construction works at the near end of the extension. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=48559\">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\/48559"}],"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=48559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48564,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48559\/revisions\/48564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}