Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

The West Midlands Metro have become the latest UK tramway to refresh the “TWO LINES = STOP” safety campaign ahead of the opening of the Birmingham Eastside extension as far as Millennium Point.

Travelling without a ticket on the West Midlands Metro is set to get a lot more expensive from 2026 with confirmation that the penalty fare is increasing to £100 – up from the current £10 and bringing the network in … Continue reading →

As part of their commitment to continue to deliver a safe, secure, reliable, and sustainable service that meets the needs of its passengers, West Midlands Metro have recently launched a new survey.

With the West Midlands Metro to expand in the coming months (with the line to Millennium Point on the Eastside extension due to open before the end of the year, and the Dudley line at some point in 2026), a … Continue reading →

West Midlands Metro are once again offering discounted travel to ticketholders of the Birmingham Old Rep 2025/6 pantomime – Cinderella. This is the third year in a row this has been offered with any ticketholder able to get 10% of … Continue reading →

The cost of travelling on the West Midlands Metro is set to increase from the new year following the approval of plans by the West Midlands Combined Authority. Some tickets will increase by 10% with Midland Metro Limited (who operate … Continue reading →

The start of West Midlands Metro services to Millennium Point can’t be too far away now with the start of testing and driver training on the first phase of the Birmingham Eastside extension now underway.

West Midlands Metro services are once again travelling to Wolverhampton St George’s following the completion of upgrade works. Whereas last time they returned to the original Wolverhampton terminus it was always due to be temporary, this time it’s a permanent … Continue reading →

The pilot to provide discounted travel for visitors and staff to the Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital on the West Midlands Metro has been extended for a further 12 months. For the past six months the West Midlands Metro have … Continue reading →

Over the past few years we have seen plenty of movement of trams on the West Midlands Metro. Some have had to go for repairs after the body cracking issues were discovered, whilst others have just gone away for storage … Continue reading →

Just when you thought things may be settling down a bit with West Midlands Metro trams not going here, there and everywhere by road, then another tram is spotted leaving Wednesbury Depot. And it’s a tram which is certainly no … Continue reading →

You wait 17 years for a tram to carry an advert for a movie and then two come within a day! As alluded to in the original article, there are now two trams carrying identical wraps promoting the Wicked: For … Continue reading →

Many different businesses and products have advertised on trams over the years, with the number of adverts probably now at an all-time high across many different systems in the UK. In that time one product which has surprisingly not seen … Continue reading →

We start to go “Out and About” again and the first location is the West Midlands Metro.

West Midlands Metro is set to be latest tram network in the UK to offer the opportunity to “Tap In” and “Tap Out” to pay for their travel with the start of the installation of validators on tramstop platforms.

The first phase of the Birmingham Eastside extension as far as Millennium Point (by the Clayton Hotel) is set to be the next UK tram extension to open with the expectation that passengers will be able to travel onto it … Continue reading →