{"id":828,"date":"2012-05-12T17:34:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T17:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=828"},"modified":"2012-05-12T17:34:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-12T17:34:34","slug":"metrolink-construction-work-moves-into-rochdale-town-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=828","title":{"rendered":"Metrolink construction work moves into Rochdale Town Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Work to build the Metrolink extension in Rochdale Town Centre is continuing from<br \/>\nthis week with the closure of part of Drake Street. The section of Drake Street between Walter Street and Smith Street was closed to traffic from Tuesday 8<sup>th <\/sup>May to allow the work to progress before the line is due to open to the public in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is the second time that this section of Drake Street has been closed with it having been shut last year for the utility diversion works. This time the closure will see the actual track and other related infrastructure installed. Traffic diversions have been put in place whilst the work is undertaken.<\/p>\n<p>Philip Purdy, Transport for Greater Manchester\u2019s Metrolink Director, said: \u201cThis announcement signals the start of an exciting new phase of work: the start of construction of the Drake Street section of the town&#8217;s new Metrolink line. The closure of part of Drake Street is unavoidable &#8211; there&#8217;s simply not enough space for both the worksite and traffic &#8211; but we will continue to work with Rochdale council to ensure local businesses retain<br \/>\nloading facilities and town centre traffic is managed effectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The line in Rochdale Town Centre is an extension of the line to Oldham Mumps and Rochdale which is currently due to open sometime in 2012. The town centre line should open in 2014 along with the diversion of the line through Oldham Town Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Work to build the Metrolink extension in Rochdale Town Centre is continuing from this week with the closure of part of Drake Street. The section of Drake Street between Walter Street and Smith Street was closed to traffic from Tuesday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=828\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828"}],"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=828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828\/revisions\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}