{"id":55979,"date":"2024-11-11T22:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55979"},"modified":"2024-11-11T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T12:49:01","slug":"in-pictures-a-walk-along-the-dudley-extension-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55979","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: A walk along the Dudley extension \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having previously looked at the first part of the first phase of the West Midlands Metro extension to Dudley in our last pictorial article we now return to the route to see the remainder of the route as we start to head onto the streets of the town towards the terminus. Andy Walters is again back with the photos.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55980\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1.dudley-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55980\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55980\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1.dudley-aw-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We continue on our way into the centre of Dudley. Looking over the far side we can see the stop at Tipton Road which like many others on the line now has shelters going up.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55981\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2.dudley-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55981\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55981\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2.dudley-aw-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Track down as it curves towards Dudley.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55982\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3dudley-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55982\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55982\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3dudley-aw-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The line raises as it approaches the centre of Dudley.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55983\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4.dudley-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55983\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55983\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4.dudley-aw-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Track and final surface is in place outside the Birmingham Central Mosque on Castle Hill.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55984\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5.dudley-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55984\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/5.dudley-aw-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More track in place as the line continues to make it towards Dudley Bus Station.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55985\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/6.dudley-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55985\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55985\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/6.dudley-aw-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dudley Castle with a wall of poppies looks down on the construction works.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55986\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/7.dudley-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55986\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55986\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/7.dudley-aw-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the Dudley Town Centre branch of Iceland in the background the track here is on the final approach towards the temporary terminus.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_55987\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/8.dudley-aw.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55987\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-55987\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/8.dudley-aw-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The line reaches its end \u2013 at least for now \u2013 at Flood Street in Dudley. Tramstop construction is at an earlier stage. (All Photographs by Andy Walters, 3rd November 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having previously looked at the first part of the first phase of the West Midlands Metro extension to Dudley in our last pictorial article we now return to the route to see the remainder of the route as we start &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55979\">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\/55979"}],"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=55979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55988,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55979\/revisions\/55988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}