{"id":5328,"date":"2013-10-07T18:58:26","date_gmt":"2013-10-07T17:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2013-10-07T18:58:26","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T17:58:26","slug":"overnight-tests-to-commence-on-oldham-town-centre-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=5328","title":{"rendered":"Overnight tests to commence on Oldham town centre line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overnight testing on the Oldham town centre extension of Manchester Metrolink is due to commence from Monday 7<sup>th<\/sup> October as further preparations are made on extending the network. The tests will take place between Westwood Business Park and Oldham Mumps and will be under police escort to ensure everything runs smoothly.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Cllr Andrew Fender, Chair of the Transport for Greater Manchester Committee, said: \u201cThis is a crucial stage in getting Metrolink up-and-running to Oldham town centre as we start an extensive programme of testing and driver-training on this on-street route. We know people are really looking forward to having trams run through the town centre. While there\u2019s still a lot of work to go, I look forward to seeing passenger services up and running as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Oldham town centre line is not due to open to the public until early 2014 and this is just the first stage of testing required before passengers can be carried. Daytime testing of the line will follow although judging by past experience this will not immediately follow these initial tests.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Dave Hibbert, Oldham Council\u2019s Cabinet Member for Environment and Housing, commented: \u201cThis is a significant moment in bringing\u00a0Metrolink to Oldham. I\u2019d like to thank all residents for their patience during the disruption to the town centre and assure them that this will really highlight the benefit of the tram to the Borough. I am personally looking forward to travelling on the tram through our town centre and I hope that many residents are too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overnight testing on the Oldham town centre extension of Manchester Metrolink is due to commence from Monday 7th October as further preparations are made on extending the network. The tests will take place between Westwood Business Park and Oldham Mumps &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=5328\">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":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328"}],"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=5328"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5329,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5328\/revisions\/5329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}