Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

Transport for West Midlands and West Midlands Metro are celebrating the return of passenger numbers on the network to pre-Covid passenger numbers following the release of the latest statistics from the Department for Transport (which actually took place in September … Continue reading →

KFC have a new advert on the West Midlands Metro – the second time they have advertised on a tram from that system within the past year, presumably showing they felt the first one was a success! This time its … Continue reading →

International Women’s Day is an annual celebration of the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and this year West Midlands Metro will mark their support of the day with a special event to honour the contributions of female … Continue reading →

We’re pretty sure that if you wanted to illustrate trams being moved by lorry you would use something of the West Midlands Metro – mainly because there have been so many of them to choose from! And we now have … Continue reading →

We are going off to the West Midlands Metro’s Black Country line extension again this evening as we take another look at some of the recent progress on construction. This time we concentrate on the installation of the overhead support … Continue reading →

Construction work is continuing on the West Midlands Metro Black Country line extension as we see in this latest pictorial update. The line will be the next extension to open on the West Midlands Metro with the current plans being … Continue reading →

After several months of expectation following the installation of ticket machines at all stops across the West Midlands Metro it has been confirmed that Wednesday 26th February will be the day they are switched on ready for passenger use. Described … Continue reading →

We go back to the biggest light rail construction project currently taking place in the UK – the West Midlands Metro Black Country line extension. In this pictorial update we see more good progress being made at Horseley Road which … Continue reading →

Black Country Women’s Aid has been selected as the West Midlands Metro charity of the year. Each year the operator selects a charity to benefit from internal fundraising activities and this year saw colleagues nominate and vote for a cause … Continue reading →

launched their 2025 apprenticeship programme aimed at finding the next generation of light rail professionals. They are looking to recruit apprentices in operations, infrastructure and rolling stock.

The countdown to the opening of the West Midlands Metro Black Country line extension really does seem as if its on as excellent progress is now being made on various points of phase one. With the progress being made could … Continue reading →

In mid-January 2025 we reported that two West Midlands Metro trams had departed from Wednesbury Depot and as all recent moves had been to Worksop we made an assumption that’s where 34 and 36 had ended up (especially as they … Continue reading →

More than nine out of ten passengers are satisfied with the West Midlands Metro according to a recent survey undertaken. The latest numbers are an increase from the last time a similar survey was run and management at West Midlands … Continue reading →

You kind of get used to having a sense of déjà vu when it comes to announcements of government funding for projects, and so it is again as we get confirmation that the money to pay for the second phase … Continue reading →

It may still be January and the weather may not have exactly been clement but that has not stopped the Midland Metro Alliance from continuing to make more progress on the construction works for the Black Country Line which, let’s … Continue reading →

The opening few weeks of 2025 have seemingly seen the West Midlands Metro being used for target practice by various other road vehicles with a number of collisions having been reported. Most of these have been relatively minor but still … Continue reading →