{"id":188557,"date":"2025-03-20T19:06:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=68253d8da1a4ac408df138ea52794abc"},"modified":"2025-03-20T19:06:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:06:51","slug":"work-starts-on-next-phase-of-south-wales-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=188557","title":{"rendered":"Work starts on next phase of South Wales Metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Transport-For-Wales-South-Wales-Metro-OLE-1080x720.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Transport For Wales South Wales Metro OLE\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Transport-For-Wales-South-Wales-Metro-OLE-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Transport-For-Wales-South-Wales-Metro-OLE-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Transport-For-Wales-South-Wales-Metro-OLE-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Transport-For-Wales-South-Wales-Metro-OLE-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Transport-For-Wales-South-Wales-Metro-OLE-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Transport-For-Wales-South-Wales-Metro-OLE-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Transport-For-Wales-South-Wales-Metro-OLE.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The end of March will see the start of eight months of work to electrify over 15km of railway line as part of the next phase of the South Wales Metro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The end of March will see the start of eight months of work to electrify over 15km of railway line as part of the next phase of the South Wales Metro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13830,4953,2392,343,2309,47,3608,2537,4958,2517],"tags":[12406],"class_list":["post-188557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-class-231","category-class-756","category-disruption","category-infrastructure","category-network","category-rail-news","category-rhymney","category-signalling","category-south-wales-metro","category-transport-for-wales","tag-rail-advent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - 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