The final weekend of June and the first weekend of July will see service alterations on the West Midlands Metro as work is due to take place at both Dartmouth Street and Dudley Street stops. There have been temporary speed restrictions in place through these stops for a while and its hoped this work will remove those. Ahead of the works taking place there have been preparatory works as seen in the below photos.
The engineering works will take place as follows:
- Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th June
- Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July
Both weekends will see fewer trams run with the frequency only being every 15 minutes between Wolverhampton St George’s and Edgbaston Village. This will allow single-line operation to be in place from Black Lake to West Bromwich Central with one track being attended to each weekend.
This is Dudley Street where some of the between track bricks have already been removed to allow work to start on the track.
Another look at Dudley Street showing the extent of the work so far. (Both Photographs by Andy Walters)