Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

The expansion of West Midlands Metro’s Wednesbury Depot is now officially underway to allow it to fully house the complete fleet of CAF Urbos3 and Urbos 100 trams. Costing £43 million, the project was officially launched during a visit by … Continue reading →

Over the years on British Trams Online we have featured the delivery or collection of many trams – some of them heritage trams, some of them modern vehicles. Almost every time these have been in or just outside depots so … Continue reading →

The latest milestone on the West Midlands Metro extension to Dudley (and maybe Brierley Hill) was reached on Monday 23rd January with the reopening of Castle Hill in Dudley Town Centre after the completion of main works in this area. … Continue reading →

There will be another period of service change for the West Midlands Metro as more essential engineering works will be taking place. This time it will affect Birmingham City Centre services during the evening of Sunday 29th January.

The first of the Urbos3 trams which departed the West Midlands Metro depot at Wednesbury for repairs in Dudley has returned – and its already been commissioned for use again with it being noted out on driver training! The tram … Continue reading →

It may be the newest tram to be running in the UK but that doesn’t mean that its immune to breaking down – West Midlands Metro Urbos100 48 came to a halt just after departing Soho Benson Road on Saturday … Continue reading →

We brought you photos of this last week but the Midland Metro Alliance have now released an update on construction work for the Birmingham Eastside extension which has confirmed that the first sections of track have now been installed on … Continue reading →

Overhead line work being carried out on the West Midlands Metro will see a change to services during the morning of Sunday 22nd January.  The essential maintenance work will be taking place from the start of service until 1100 and … Continue reading →

Its one of three tram extensions that should/could/might open in 2023, the West Midlands Metro extension to Wolverhampton Railway Station. Much delayed (it should have opened in 2020) in the run-up to Christmas more work took place and now there … Continue reading →

West Midlands Metro have announced that their fares will not be increasing this January as they try to play their part in supporting customers through the cost of living crisis. This follows on from the introduction of the new zonal … Continue reading →

There are currently three West Midlands Metro extensions being worked on with a view to them opening in the next few years. Expected to be the first up and running is that to Wolverhampton Railway Station (“Spring 2023”) with that … Continue reading →

The new year may only be a few days old but we already have our first new tram in service for 2023 – and it’s the West Midlands Metro who have that honour with 48 being used for the first … Continue reading →

You’d think that in the last week or so before Christmas that Father Christmas would be quite busy getting ready for the big day – but he still had time to put in a shift driving on the West Midlands … Continue reading →

There will be new opportunities In the new year passengers on West Midlands Metro to receive better value for money when travelling on the network with those who switch to paying by direct debit set to make great savings on … Continue reading →

A lot of the extension news from the West Midlands Metro in recent weeks and months hasn’t exactly been at the positive end of the scale but this should change that a little bit as a milestone has been reached … Continue reading →

There was an early Christmas present for the West Midlands Metro on Monday 12th December when another of their Urbos100 trams entered service. This time it was 47 which carried its first passengers – the tenth of the Urbos100s to … Continue reading →