{"id":52780,"date":"2024-02-27T21:00:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=52780"},"modified":"2024-02-27T18:59:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T18:59:56","slug":"in-pictures-wolverhampton-st-georges-tramstop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=52780","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Wolverhampton St George\u2019s tramstop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was the original terminus for the Midland Metro in Wolverhampton and it should still be one of two termini in the city but the stop at St George\u2019s remains closed and waiting for its first tram since 28<sup>th<\/sup> August 2023.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The stop was originally closed at the end of August (temporarily) to allow for \u201cintegration works and updates to the stop environment\u201d. This was mainly to see the new Railway Station extension fully integrated into the network and it was then expected by the late autumn that a full service would run to both termini (posters at the stop still up say late autumn as well).<\/p>\n<p>However, we\u2019re at the end of February and it seems that there is little prospect of an immediate return for trams. We last featured photos from the stop in November 2023 when it was apparent that work had taken place and things looked as if they were progressing towards trams returning.<\/p>\n<p>But now and it seems more work is needed and the dreaded pink Midland Metro Alliance barriers are back in situ.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_52781\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=52781\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52781\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52781\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52781\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.stgeorges-rm-550x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.stgeorges-rm-550x411.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.stgeorges-rm-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.stgeorges-rm-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/1.stgeorges-rm.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barriers are in place across the track at St George\u2019s.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_52782\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=52782\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-52782\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52782\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.stgeorge-rm-550x411.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.stgeorge-rm-550x411.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.stgeorge-rm-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.stgeorge-rm-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.stgeorge-rm-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2.stgeorge-rm-2048x1530.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-52782\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A closer look shows (as well as barriers down) that some paving remains removed from around the rails suggesting that more work is needed. (Both Photographs by Richard Maund, 21st February 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the original terminus for the Midland Metro in Wolverhampton and it should still be one of two termini in the city but the stop at St George\u2019s remains closed and waiting for its first tram since 28th August &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=52780\">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\/52780"}],"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=52780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52783,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52780\/revisions\/52783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}