Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

The third of the new fleet of CAF built trams for the West Midlands Metro has now arrived at Wednesbury Depot – coming just a couple of days before all of its older cousins were withdrawn from service for precautionary … Continue reading →

There have been no trams running at all on the entire West Midlands Metro line between Library and Wolverhampton St George’s from the start of service on Friday 11th June after the complete fleet of Urbos3 trams were withdrawn from … Continue reading →

In what seems to be a recurring story services on the West Midlands Metro have been suspended through St Paul’s again after damage to the overhead wires. This is by no means the first time that there has been overhead … Continue reading →

With work already underway on extensions of the West Midlands Metro to Hagley Road in Edgbaston, Wolverhampton Railway Station and Brierley Hill, it has now been confirmed that the first “spades on the ground” will be seen on the Birmingham … Continue reading →

The £227 million extension of the West Midlands Metro to Digbeth – the Birmingham Eastside line running from Bull Street – has received a further boost with news that £15.7 million has been awarded for public realm improvements in Digbeth … Continue reading →

The second of the first eight of 21 new third generation Urbos trams for the West Midlands Metro has now arrived at Wednesbury Depot after being transported from Spain on the back of a single low loader. It is believed … Continue reading →

There will be no tram services from Priestfield to Wolverhampton St George’s on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th May after the late notice announcement of essential trackworks on Bilston Road. This extends a closure of this section of line (as … Continue reading →

This article has been updated since original publication. There will be no trams running between Wednesbury Parkway and Wolverhampton St George’s for a week between Saturday 29th May and Sunday 6th June to allow for Wolverhampton City Council to demolish … Continue reading →

Up until recently a lot of work which has taken place so far on the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill extension of the West Midlands Metro has been demolition but local leaders are now celebrating after the installation of the first … Continue reading →

Services on the West Midlands Metro into Birmingham City Centre were suspended for much of Sunday 2nd May 2021 after “damage to the overhead lines”. The news of the damage was first made on the West Midlands Metro Twitter account … Continue reading →

Young unemployed people are being given the opportunity to get their first steps on the job ladder thanks to the government’s Kickstart scheme – and both the Seaton Tramway and West Midlands Metro are backing the scheme which is aimed … Continue reading →

As milestones of a project go its pretty major, and now the last piece of track for the second phase of the Birmingham Westside extension of the West Midlands Metro has been welded into place. The final piece to be … Continue reading →

After a month and a bit running at a reduced frequency on a temporary timetable, West Midlands Metro services have returned to the more regular timetable as the next stage of the English roadmap out of Coronavirus restrictions was hit … Continue reading →

During February and March 2021 the two trams which advertised Just Eat on the West Midlands Metro network lost these vinyls leaving them devoid of adverts for the first time since they went all blue in October 2019.

The expansion of the West Midlands Metro sees no signs of abating with the news that the main construction works on the Birmingham Eastside extensions is set to get underway later this spring. The first works will see a new … Continue reading →