{"id":52145,"date":"2023-12-31T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=52145"},"modified":"2023-12-23T14:51:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T14:51:33","slug":"manchester-metrolink-then-now-the-snipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=52145","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Metrolink Then &#038; Now: The Snipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With our last article of 2023 we have a final (for now) edition of \u201cManchester Metrolink Then &amp; Now\u201d and its back to the East Manchester line out to Ashton-under-Lyne for this pair of photos.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re at the side of the Manchester Road here as we look to the east towards Ashton. This is the East Manchester line and we are between the stops at Audenshaw and Ashton Moss, its on the second phase of the line which would open on 9<sup>th<\/sup> October 2013.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52146\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=52146\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52146\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52146\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52146\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3a.snipe-kc-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3a.snipe-kc-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3a.snipe-kc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/3a.snipe-kc.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image number one is from 5th April 2011 and Metrolink tracks would eventually be laid on the left here where there is evidence of initial constructions works. The Snipe pub is the white building in the mid distance.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_52147\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=52147\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52147\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52147\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52147\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4b.snipe-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4b.snipe-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4b.snipe-kc-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4b.snipe-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/4b.snipe-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">10th August 2023 and Metrolink is now firmly established as part of the scene here with 3063 approaching us on the way to Weaste. The Snipe is still seen just beyond the bus shelter with the bus layby still in place. (Both Photographs by Keith Chadbourne)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With our last article of 2023 we have a final (for now) edition of \u201cManchester Metrolink Then &amp; Now\u201d and its back to the East Manchester line out to Ashton-under-Lyne for this pair of photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,107],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52145"}],"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=52145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52148,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52145\/revisions\/52148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}