Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

Final planning application submitted for new Dudley Transport Interchange

Posted on Sunday 20 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

A new £24 million Dudley transport interchange has moved a step closer after a final planning application was submitted earlier this month. It will be built on the current bus station site and will see bus and tram services linked.

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Out and About: The long-standing temporary Birmingham City Centre terminus

Posted on Sunday 20 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its back to the West Midlands Metro for this latest edition of “Out and About” as we feature what was at the time a temporary terminus at Bull Street.

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New Metro Ticket Zones to be introduced from 28th March

Posted on Wednesday 16 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

The new fares structure on the West Midlands Metro is to be introduced from Monday 28th March. Announced earlier this year “Metro Ticket Zones” will see the current network split into four zones and is said to be an easy … Continue reading →

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Out and About: West Midlands Metro in Wolverhampton

Posted on Wednesday 16 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

We are off to the West Midlands Metro today for this edition of “Out and About” as we feature trams in action at the current sole Wolverhampton terminus.

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Midland Metro Alliance celebrates its Apprentices in National Apprenticeship Week

Posted on Sunday 13 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

The Midland Metro Alliance – who are responsible for the construction of the extension to the West Midlands Metro – celebrated he achievements of their apprenticeships during the National Apprenticeship Week 2022. The Alliance have apprentices across a wide range … Continue reading →

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New West Midlands Metro delta junction at Wednesbury seen in new computer generated footage

Posted on Friday 11 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

A newly released computer-generated fly-through showing the delta junction due to be installed at Wednesbury to allow trams to travel both on the current Birmingham to Wolverhampton line as well as onto the new Brierly Hill extension has been released … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Tram changeover at Wednesbury Parkway

Posted on Saturday 5 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” today is in the West Midlands as we head to the Metro where we see trams changing over at Wednesbury Parkway.

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Trams to Wolverhampton Railway Station from July?

Posted on Wednesday 2 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

After the Wolverhampton Railway Station West Midlands Metro extension missed its “end of 2021” opening date the question has been when may we start to see trams running on the new line? That now seems to have been answered with … Continue reading →

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More funding for the DfT for English regional light rail

Posted on Tuesday 1 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

English bus and light rail operators are to be awarded a further £150 million in funding as part of final phase of pandemic related financial support for the sector from the Department for Transport. This funding is due to last … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 05

Posted on Friday 25 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

One final image from Midland Metro before “Picture in Time” moves location again.

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WMCA budget approved for West Midlands Metro extensions

Posted on Thursday 24 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

The latest West Midlands Metro Combined Authority’s (WMCA) budget for 2022/23 has been approved with £379 million of the total £879.2 million due to be spent on transport – including West Midlands Metro extensions.

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In Pictures: Birmingham Westside extension Phase Two update

Posted on Tuesday 22 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

With services having finally returned to Library on 12th February attentions will now start to turn towards when trams may start running on the second phase of the Birmingham Westside extension via Broad Street to Edgbaston Village. Early 2022 has … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 20th February 2022

Posted on Sunday 20 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

This week our photos come from the re-opening of the line through Birmingham City Centre to Library on the West Midlands Metro:

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 04

Posted on Friday 18 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

We take another trip to Midland Metro for this edition of “Picture in Time” and this time we feature T69 04.

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In Pictures: Another tram returns to service on the West Midlands Metro as 42 receives an advert

Posted on Thursday 17 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

The hard work returning trams to service on the West Midlands Metro is continuing with Monday 14th February seeing a further Urbos3 entering service for the first time since the entire fleet was withdrawn back in November. This time around … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Atmospheric conditions in Birmingham

Posted on Wednesday 16 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

For this edition of “Out and About” we show that it doesn’t always have to be sunny to capture decent photos of trams!

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Still Standing! Birmingham Snow Hill Tram Stop

Posted on Monday 14 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its not just first generation tramway structures that we can feature in this series as there are also some old modern tram system survivors including the original Birmingham City Centre terminus of the then Midland Metro route at Snow Hill.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 13th February 2022

Posted on Sunday 13 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

There#s a double-helping of photos as part of this week’s main site update – from the archives and from the past week or so:

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro returns to Library for the first time in over 200 days!

Posted on Saturday 12 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 12th February 2022 – mark that date in your diaries as that was the date that passenger services between Bull Street and Library in Birmingham City Centre finally started running again. There were 202 days between the last day … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 03

Posted on Friday 11 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Picture in Time” returns to Midland Metro today as we take another look at one of the T69s in service.

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