{"id":54988,"date":"2024-08-19T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=54988"},"modified":"2024-08-18T08:44:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T07:44:15","slug":"out-and-about-west-midlands-metro-50-in-service-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=54988","title":{"rendered":"Out and About: West Midlands Metro \u2013 50 in service April 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This \u201cOut and About\u201d features the West Midlands Metro.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_54989\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/50-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54989\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54989\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/50-aw-550x416.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"416\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It doesn\u2019t matter how uniform a fleet is and should all be of a similar reliability, there always seem to be a difference with some seeing more regular use than others. In the first quarter of 2024, West Midlands Metro 50 was one of those trams which is service rarely with it more regularly staying in the depot. But it did see use on some occasions such as when seen here calling at Bilston Central. It was only working to Wednesbury Parkway due to engineering works. (Photograph by Andy Walters, 6th April 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This \u201cOut and About\u201d features the West Midlands Metro.<\/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\/54988"}],"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=54988"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54990,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54988\/revisions\/54990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}