{"id":55543,"date":"2024-10-10T22:00:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55543"},"modified":"2024-10-10T19:21:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:21:46","slug":"in-pictures-temporary-west-midlands-metro-arrangements-at-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55543","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Temporary West Midlands Metro arrangements at Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>West Midlands Metro services were again restricted in their operation for a period at the end of September and into early October because of security arrangements in place for the Conservative Party Conference which took place at the International Conference Centre. Originally due to be in place from 2000 on Wednesday 25<sup>th<\/sup> September until the end of service on Wednesday 2<sup>nd<\/sup> October, but later extended until \u201cend of service on the afternoon of Thursday 3<sup>rd<\/sup> October\u201d, trams were not able to run between Library and Edgbaston Village. This saw Library become a terminus again and allowed for shots of the trams regularly using the crossover there once more. Andy Walters captured these images for us.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55544\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1.47-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55544\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1.47-aw-550x299.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With a barrier in place to prevent trams from heading onto Broad Street, 47 stands at Library ready for its return working to Wolverhampton Railway Station.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55545\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2.library-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55545\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55545\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2.library-aw-550x306.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The reason for trams being unable to run any further are seen here with the security cordon around the venue blocking the tracks.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55546\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3.58library-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55546\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3.58library-aw-550x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">58 in its recently applied advert for Birmingham City University uses the crossover at Library as it leaves the stop.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55547\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4.58library-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55547\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4.58library-aw-550x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">58 has company with a Police car at Library.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55548\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5.57-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55548\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5.57-aw-550x308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking down the side of 57 towards the barrier and security cordon. (All Photographs by Andy Walters, 30th September 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Midlands Metro services were again restricted in their operation for a period at the end of September and into early October because of security arrangements in place for the Conservative Party Conference which took place at the International Conference &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55543\">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\/55543"}],"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=55543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55549,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55543\/revisions\/55549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}