{"id":52005,"date":"2023-12-16T22:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T22:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=52005"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:47:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:47:13","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-north-station-tram-terminus-prep-work-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=52005","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool North Station tram terminus prep work continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As another year draws to a close (and another year without trams running up Talbot Road clicks by) there does remain some work taking place at around the new tram terminus as preparations are made for when services do begin.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The much delayed project \u2013 with the blame on where it was decided to put the tram terminus which meant it relied on the completion of construction for the hotel and restaurant \u2013 should see trams running next year, with Easter mentioned as a possible although no official opening date has been given. One thing which does now have an opening date of sorts is the Holiday Inn which is now accepting booking from next June which has to be a positive sign.<\/p>\n<p>Until then and contractors are continuing works on site. The most recent obvious sign has been the installation of signage at the entrance and exit to the subway.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52006\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=52006\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52006\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52006\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/northstation-mm-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/northstation-mm-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/northstation-mm-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/northstation-mm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/northstation-mm.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The subway at the railway station end has this signage to leave people in no doubt would is through the gateway: \u201cNORTH STATION TRAM STOP\u201d. The other side states \u201cBLACKPOOL NORTH TRAIN STATION\u201d. (Photograph by Michael Morton, 12th December 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As another year draws to a close (and another year without trams running up Talbot Road clicks by) there does remain some work taking place at around the new tram terminus as preparations are made for when services do begin.<\/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\/52005"}],"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=52005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52007,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52005\/revisions\/52007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}