{"id":53654,"date":"2024-05-06T18:00:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=53654"},"modified":"2024-05-05T09:59:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T08:59:03","slug":"out-and-about-west-midlands-metro-birmingham-city-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=53654","title":{"rendered":"Out and About: West Midlands Metro \u2013 Birmingham City Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We head into central Birmingham for some shots of the West Midlands Metro in this edition of \u201cOut and About\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53655\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=53655\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53655\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53655\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1.49-kj-550x368.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1.49-kj-550x368.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1.49-kj-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1.49-kj-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1.49-kj.jpg 1287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">49 is one of the 21 newer CAF trams \u2013 marketed as third generation Urbos100 \u2013 and we see it here on Corporation Street on its way to Edgbaston Village. The stop at Corporation Street has staggered platforms and it is passing the platform for trams heading in the opposite direction here.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_53656\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=53656\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53656\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53656\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53656\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2.25-kj-550x368.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2.25-kj-550x368.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2.25-kj-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2.25-kj-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2.25-kj.jpg 1287w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And speaking of the Corporation Street outbound platform its seen here again as 25 arrives on the way to Wolverhampton Station. Whereas 49 is one of the newer trams, 25 is one of the original CAF trams built for the network. (Both Photographs by Ken Jones, 1st February 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We head into central Birmingham for some shots of the West Midlands Metro in this edition of \u201cOut and About\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53654"}],"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=53654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53657,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53654\/revisions\/53657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}