Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

West Midlands Metro 50 finally made its full debut in a new advert for TK Maxx on Friday 19th June 2026, coming a week after the vinyls were actually applied to the tram.

In the news that will probably come as a surprise to absolutely no-one, the opening of the first stage of the West Midlands Metro Black Country line extension is set to be delayed. The end of August 2026 date will … Continue reading →

After a period approaching four years the last West Midlands Metro Urbos3 has travelled to Dudley for repairs with 22 making the trip on Thursday 28th May 2026. Its expected to be there for a longer period than recent visitors … Continue reading →

There has been major disruption on the West Midlands Metro for over a day with a tram having been left at Dartmouth Street awaiting “specialist recovery”. West Midlands Metro’s website and social media accounts described it as a broken-down tram.

West Midlands Metro have once again teamed up with the organisers of Birmingham Pride to offer discounted travel on the trams to get to the events. Taking place 23rd to 25th May, ticketholders to the event will be able to … Continue reading →

Another pictorial article as we take a look some images on the West Midlands Metro. This time the photographer is John Binch and rather than a single trip this features a number of photos taken at the end of April … Continue reading →

It can often be difficult to keep up with what tram is in service and what tram is stored on the West Midlands Metro (especially the original batch of 21 Urbos3 trams) with repairs required and trips away for storage. … Continue reading →

Over the years its not been uncommon to see or hear of cars driving onto tram tracks, and now West Midlands Metro have renewed their warnings to motorists who may be putting themselves and others at risk by doing so.

A new initiative from the West Midlands Metro will see Eco-islands installed at various tramstops across the network. This is part of the tram operator’s aim to “cultivate a cleaner, safer and more sustainable future for the region.”

As previously mentioned, West Midlands Metro will once again be supporting the Great Birmingham Run and they have now announced details of a special service which will run on Sunday 3rd May 2026 to both get people to the event … Continue reading →

And just like that, the number of advertising liveries on the West Midlands Metro has halved with both 47 and 50 having returned to service minus their advertising vinyls.

It may have been some time since we reported on the comings and goings of trams at the Wednesbury Depot of the West Midlands Metro, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t still been taking place! In fact on Tuesday 21st … Continue reading →

As most reading these pages will be well aware, the West Midlands Metro is currently in a period of expansion with the next extension – to Dudley – due to open later in 2026. As part of their plans for … Continue reading →

Thursday 16th April 2026 was a momentous day for West Midlands Metro 27 when it escaped from Wednesbury Depot for the first time in quite some time with it being used on driver training.