Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

Thursday 2nd November saw yet another West Midlands Metro tram on the road as 37 – the last of the Urbos3 trams to be built – was transported from Wednesbury Depot to Worksop for storage whilst building works continue at … Continue reading →

With good continued progress in track laying having been seen on the West Midlands Metro extension to Dudley (phase one of the Brierley Hill line) Friday 27th October saw the Leader of the House of Commons, Penny Mordaunt MP, join … Continue reading →

West Midlands Metro have started a new partnership with Switch Hospitality Management which will allow guests (and staff) at any hotel within the Switch portfolio to receive discounts of up to 10% on tram travel.

Friday 13th October saw the latest West Midlands Metro tram enter service with 58 carrying its first fare paying passengers. It didn’t last long in service on that first day though but it has since seen further use becoming the … Continue reading →

A new purpose built bridge is to be installed on Birmingham New Road starting from December as work on the Dudley extension of the West Midlands Metro continues. Preliminary activity took place back in the summer and now with the … Continue reading →

West Midlands Metro is celebrating another award win after they were named UK Tram Operator of the Year at the National Transport Awards. This ceremony came just 24 hours after their recognition at the Global Light Rail Awards for various … Continue reading →

Rose Rees, Midland Metro Alliance’s Head of Engagement and Skills, has been recognised for her work in helping to inspire the next generation into careers in construction. Rose was recognised at the prestigious Institution of Civil Engineers West Midlands Awards … Continue reading →

After a period where tram movements to and from the West Midlands Metro had been fairly quiet (its all relative when you’re used to very regular movements!) that has changed over the past couple of days. Wednesbury Depot has seen … Continue reading →

Its been some time since a new tram entered service on the West Midlands Metro (over two months in fact) but that chanced on Saturday 30th September when 54 carried its first passengers on the line between Edgbaston Village and … Continue reading →

You can now find the West Midlands Metro on Instagram after the company launched a new official account to reach out to a different audience.

It may only have been open for a couple of weeks but West Midlands Metro are already reporting on the popularity of the new extension to Wolverhampton Railway Station. The line (which includes two new stops) opened on Sunday 17th … Continue reading →

We may now have finally seen the opening of the West Midlands Metro extension to Wolverhampton Railway Station but that does not equal the end of construction work for the Midland Metro Alliance as there remain two further extensions which … Continue reading →

Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, has become the first Metro Mayor in the UK to sign up to the UK Steel charter in order to promote UK-made steel in the region and support the economy with the first … Continue reading →

Its been a long time coming – some may say a very long time coming! – but Sunday 17th September is set to see the West Midlands Metro extension to Wolverhampton Railway Station open to the public for the first … Continue reading →

Our attention construction wise on the West Midlands Metro is being taken by the Wolverhampton Railway Station extension at the moment but that doesn’t mean that work on the two other extensions has stopped. In this article we take a … Continue reading →