Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

If its not one thing its another disrupting services on the West Midlands Metro. Sunday 27th November saw disruption for the service and it was no fault of the trams as a car was driven onto the tracks becoming stuck … Continue reading →

With the strikes now over on the West Midlands Metro it should now all be systems go in operating the service and in the lead up to Christmas it has been announced that extra trams will be running at peak … Continue reading →

Likely to be the next but one extension of the West Midlands Metro to open to the public, the Birmingham Eastside extension saw the first major signs of work last year with the installation of the delta junction at Bull … Continue reading →

If you cast your mind back to June/July 2022 you may remember that West Midlands Metro Urbos3 28 departed Wednesbury Depot for Wolverton Works where it would receive repairs to the bodyside cracks. The tram spent around a month there … Continue reading →

There will be no further strikes on the West Midlands Metro after member of Unite the Union voted to accept a revised pay offer made earlier this week. As we’ve reported before, the dispute had centred over pay with negotiations … Continue reading →

We now know that trams will not be running on the West Midlands Metro extension to Wolverhampton Railway Centre until at least Spring 2023 but what does that mean for progress on the remaining construction works? In this photo update … Continue reading →

The long running strike action on the West Midlands Metro has been temporarily suspended following a revised pay offer. Members of Unite the Union who had been taking part in the strike action since mid-October will now be balloted on … Continue reading →

During the last full week of October 2022 we saw the movement of two of West Midlands Metro’s Urbos3 trams to the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley for repairs to take place. Of course, these are repairs to … Continue reading →

The first phase of West Midlands Metro’s Birmingham Westside extension between Grand Central and Library has won an award for environmental awareness in construction. The team from the Midland Metro Alliance – who are building the extensions to the network … Continue reading →

A lot of the news recently on the West Midlands Metro extension from Wednesbury to (eventually, subject to funding) Brierley Hill has been about the “re-phasing” of the project which has seen the section from Dudley to Brierley Hill delayed … Continue reading →

One to file under the “not really a surprise” category – it has been announced that the West Midlands Metro extension to Wolverhampton Railway Station has been delayed once more with trams now not expected to run until “Spring 2023”. … Continue reading →

The Very Light Rail Innovation Centre at Dudley is now home to two West Midlands Metro Urbos3 trams with 26 joining 17 in being moved there for repair work to take place. 26 made the move on Friday 28th October, … Continue reading →

Trams will arrive in Dudley in 2024? Wrong! It may not be in service but the first West Midlands Metro tram has already arrived in Dudley with the first built Urbos3 17 being moved on Tuesday 25th October to the … Continue reading →

The first of 53 days of strikes on the West Midlands Metro have now taken place with the regular action now set to impact services at regular intervals up until early 2023. The action wad called by the Unite union … Continue reading →

A new purpose build bridge over Sedgley Road on the West Midlands Metro extension which will ultimately reach Brierley Hill but is currently only funded as far as Dudley is set to be installed later this month. In order for … Continue reading →

The Birmingham Eastside extension – which will see West Midlands Metro services run between Bull Street and High Street Deritend – is set to take another step forward with an empty city centre building which stands in its way set … Continue reading →

A limited tram service will run during the first four days of industrial action on the West Midlands Metro it has been confirmed. With Sunday service frequencies in place, reduced hours of operation and no trams between Bull Street and … Continue reading →

The first full vinyl wrap commercial advert on the West Midlands Metro is no more following the removal of the vinyls for the University of Birmingham on 39. The advert had been applied back in May and was stripped from … Continue reading →