{"id":8573,"date":"2014-08-08T12:26:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T11:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8573"},"modified":"2014-08-08T12:26:44","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T11:26:44","slug":"in-pictures-construction-works-on-manchester-metrolink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8573","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Construction works on Manchester Metrolink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Currently two major construction projects are being undertaken on Manchester Metrolink with work taking place at both Deansgate-Castlefield and Victoria. Major progress is starting to be seen at both locations with Victoria Station in particular starting to look radically different. With thanks to Steve Kemp we are able to bring you some of the latest images from both locations.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8574\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8574\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8574\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8574\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8574\" title=\"victoria1-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/victoria1-sk-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/victoria1-sk-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/victoria1-sk-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/victoria1-sk.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the new station roof at Victoria under construction.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8575\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8575\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8575\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8575\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8575\" title=\"victoria2-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/victoria2-sk-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/victoria2-sk-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/victoria2-sk-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/victoria2-sk.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Victoria showing the ongoing work as a double M5000 runs through the station site.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8576\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8576\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8576\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8576\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8576\" title=\"deansgate1-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/deansgate1-sk-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/deansgate1-sk-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/deansgate1-sk-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/deansgate1-sk.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moving on to Deansgate-Castlefield and we see the current progress on the new look stop.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8577\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=8577\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8577\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8577\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8577\" title=\"deansgate2-sk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/deansgate2-sk-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/deansgate2-sk-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/deansgate2-sk-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/deansgate2-sk.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view at Deansgate-Castlefield showing the new platform under construction. (All Photos: Steve Kemp)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently two major construction projects are being undertaken on Manchester Metrolink with work taking place at both Deansgate-Castlefield and Victoria. Major progress is starting to be seen at both locations with Victoria Station in particular starting to look radically different. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=8573\">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":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8573"}],"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=8573"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8579,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8573\/revisions\/8579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}