{"id":55935,"date":"2024-11-03T17:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55935"},"modified":"2024-11-03T10:09:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T10:09:00","slug":"manchester-metrolink-then-now-corporation-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55935","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Metrolink Then &#038; Now: Corporation Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re back with another set of articles on \u201cManchester Metrolink Then &amp; Now\u201d. The premise of this series is simple; two photos one showing the location before Metrolink arrived and one after.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re back on the Second City Crossing (2CC) for this edition as we take a look at Corporation Street. 2CC runs for a distance along Corporation Street at the Victoria end of the route and the area has seen much development in recent years with Metrolink just being part of that.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55936\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1a.corporation-kc.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55936\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55936\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1a.corporation-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1a.corporation-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1a.corporation-kc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1a.corporation-kc.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">14th October 2014 and Metrolink construction work is underway on Corporation Street. The National Football Museum is already in place on the left at a time when it offered free entry for all (now just local residents have that privilege) and on the right is part of Manchester\u2019s entertainment complex.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55937\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1b.corporation-kc.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55937\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1b.corporation-kc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1b.corporation-kc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1b.corporation-kc-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1b.corporation-kc.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Almost 10 years later \u2013 12th July 2024 to be exact \u2013 and Metrolink is now in operation along Corporation Street and its 3127 we see on its way to Oldham. The National Football Museum remain on the left which allows us to easily tell we\u2019re in the right place. (Both Photographs by Keith Chadbourne)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re back with another set of articles on \u201cManchester Metrolink Then &amp; Now\u201d. The premise of this series is simple; two photos one showing the location before Metrolink arrived and one after.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,107],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55935"}],"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=55935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55938,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55935\/revisions\/55938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}