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As part of their continued strategy to improve things for passengers, the West Midlands Metro have recently launched a customer satisfaction survey looking for comments about recent journeys on the network.

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There are currently two major extension projects on UK tramways and they are both on the West Midlands Metro. Having recently paid a visit to see progress on the line out to Dudley (now to be known as the Black Country line) this time we go onto the Eastside line which will end up being a two phase extension as well due to the delays caused by HS2 construction. Ken Jones is our guide for these photos and in this first part we take a look at the route at the far end in Digbeth.

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During the recent budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves called out the Brierley Hill West Midlands Metro as one of the schemes which would benefit from the confirmation of funding and whilst, at the time, there was no specific word from the region that this would definitely be happening that has now come with the decision to be green lit at a meeting later this month. However, its not quite the full originally proposed line that is funded with the final section to Brierley Hill still requiring a further business case.

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Having previously looked at the first part of the first phase of the West Midlands Metro extension to Dudley in our last pictorial article we now return to the route to see the remainder of the route as we start to head onto the streets of the town towards the terminus. Andy Walters is again back with the photos.

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