Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

Concessionary pass holders in the West Midlands will be able to travel for free before 0930 as they travel for their Cocid-19 vaccination following an agreement between Transport for West Midlands, West Midlands Combined Authority and transport operators. Several vaccination … Continue reading →

So far most of the work to construct the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill line of the West Midlands Metro has mainly consisted of demolition and so it is again with another bridge being removed in the latest sign of progress. … Continue reading →

The Midland Metro Alliance – who plan and construct extensions of the West Midlands Metro on behalf of Transport for West Midlands – have released a computer generated video to show what the trams will look like as they travel … Continue reading →

Work is continuing on the construction of the second phase of the Birmingham Westside extension between Library and Hagley Road in Edgbaston, due to open later in 2021. In this latest pictorial article we take a look at the latest … Continue reading →

Services on the West Midlands Metro into Birmingham City Centre were suspended for over three hours on Saturday 2nd January after a taxi became stuck on the tracks just beyond the stop at St Chad’s. The taxi was found on … Continue reading →

The West Midlands Metro Birmingham Westside extension (phase two) looks likely to be the next UK tram line to open to the public (due to be somewhen in 2021 although no specific date or even time of year has probably … Continue reading →

West Midlands Metro have announced new fares will be introduced on the network as from 2nd January 2021 – with the news only been released a little over a week before it happens. The overall increase is said to be … Continue reading →

Its another week and another photo opportunity for local dignitaries in the West Midlands! This time the Mayor of the West Midlands and others were on Broad Street in Birmingham City Centre where the first tramstop for phase two of … Continue reading →

Songs which feature references to trams are in fairly short supply – even more so in recent years – but a new album and video by top Black Country recording artist and disco star Tom Aspaul remedies that! Tom’s first … Continue reading →

We’ve seen throughout the early stages of the construction of Edinburgh’s Trams to Newhaven project that under the road surface there are a number of historical artefacts which have laid untouched for many years and now down in the West … Continue reading →

Work on diverting utilities on the route of the West Midlands Metro Birmingham Eastside Extension to Digbeth via the HS2 station at Curzon Street is now underway with a water main on New Bartholomew Street being upgraded and future-proofed. To … Continue reading →

The Midland Metro Alliance have won an award at the annual Institute of Civil Engineers West Midlands Awards for the third year in a row. They received the Education and Inspiration Award during a virtual ceremony on Thursday 19th November.