Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

It has now been a little over six weeks since two of West Midlands Metro’s Urbos3 trams were transferred from Wednesbury Depot to the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre in Dudley. The trams – 17 and 26 – have been … Continue reading →

The chances of trams reaching Brierley Hill anytime soon seem to be receding with a new report for Dudley Council stating that there is a strong “likelihood” that the second phase of the line between Dudley and Brierley Hill could … Continue reading →

We saw tram and snow in Edinburgh earlier this week and we now make our way down the country to the West Midlands Metro where the white stuff had fallen on the ground on 11th December to bring these picture … Continue reading →

Article updated 15th December with details of weekend services. Monday 12th December was a significant day for the West Midlands Metro as a new timetable was introduced which means a more frequent service is now running on the network. From … Continue reading →

In an unexpected development another of West Midlands Metro’s Urbos3 trams has left Wednesbury Depot. 27 – which is one of the trams which hasn’t returned to service since the line reopened in June – had been noted outside the … Continue reading →

With the West Midlands Metro continuing to expand (admittedly slightly slower than hoped for) there are now a number of new jobs being advertised to join the team. Enthusiastic individuals are being urged to apply now for a diverse range … Continue reading →

Over the weekend of 3rd-5th December, West Midlands Metro services from Edgbaston Village were terminating at The Royal to allow for maintenance works to take place on the Wisbone bridge in Wolverhampton. Services started as normal on Saturday 3rd December … Continue reading →

There haven’t been any new or returning trams into service for a while on the West Midlands Metro but one change which has been seen is more receiving replacement blue vinyls. Since our last update 21 has returned to service … Continue reading →

We recently bemoaned the apparent lack of tangible progress on the Birmingham Eastside extension on the West Midlands Metro but it would appear that is not the case as there has been initial preparation work taking place in Digbeth ahead … Continue reading →

Trams will not serve Wolverhampton St Georges from lunchtime on Saturday 3rd December until early on Monday 5th December to allow for essential maintenance work to take place on the Wishbone Bridge in Wolverhampton.

If its not one thing its another disrupting services on the West Midlands Metro. Sunday 27th November saw disruption for the service and it was no fault of the trams as a car was driven onto the tracks becoming stuck … Continue reading →

With the strikes now over on the West Midlands Metro it should now all be systems go in operating the service and in the lead up to Christmas it has been announced that extra trams will be running at peak … Continue reading →

Likely to be the next but one extension of the West Midlands Metro to open to the public, the Birmingham Eastside extension saw the first major signs of work last year with the installation of the delta junction at Bull … Continue reading →

If you cast your mind back to June/July 2022 you may remember that West Midlands Metro Urbos3 28 departed Wednesbury Depot for Wolverton Works where it would receive repairs to the bodyside cracks. The tram spent around a month there … Continue reading →

There will be no further strikes on the West Midlands Metro after member of Unite the Union voted to accept a revised pay offer made earlier this week. As we’ve reported before, the dispute had centred over pay with negotiations … Continue reading →

We now know that trams will not be running on the West Midlands Metro extension to Wolverhampton Railway Centre until at least Spring 2023 but what does that mean for progress on the remaining construction works? In this photo update … Continue reading →

The long running strike action on the West Midlands Metro has been temporarily suspended following a revised pay offer. Members of Unite the Union who had been taking part in the strike action since mid-October will now be balloted on … Continue reading →