Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

Birmingham Pride – which takes place in the city on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th September – is being celebrated and support by the West Midlands Metro again with Urbos3 36 receiving a special livery complete with rainbows. This is … Continue reading →

We recently reported that an unnamed spokesperson from the Midland Metro Alliance was suggesting that trams could be running to Wolverhampton Railway Station this autumn (which by the time you read this article will have started). After this news our … Continue reading →

Although nothing official has been released reports have reached us that all of the remaining Midland Metro T69s have now been removed from Long Marston and sent to Sims Metals in Newport for scrapping. Whilst we have no confirmation of … Continue reading →

An £18 million project has been launched by Transport for West Midlands to introduce fare capping on board the regions buses and trams to ensure passengers get the best value and have greater convenience when using debit or credit cards … Continue reading →

We’ve been here before but officials at the Midlands Metro Alliance are suggesting that trams could start to run to Wolverhampton Railway Station this autumn with works now starting to reach a conclusion. Work resumed during the summer on the … Continue reading →

Whilst the plans to extend the West Midlands Metro in various directions has not been without its problems (delays to lines opening, funding concerns leading to the splitting into phases of extensions to name but two) there is still progress … Continue reading →

The next extension due to open on the West Midlands Metro is the short (0.7lm) line to Wolverhampton Railway Station. As with the last extension to Edgbaston Village the opening of this line is much delayed but in the last … Continue reading →

We recently brought you the news that West Midlands Metro had seen another Urbos 100 arrive with 46 being delivered on Wednesday 10th August 2022. And now its been confirmed that the same day saw a second arrival with 47 … Continue reading →

Services on the northern section of the West Midlands Metro have again been disrupted on Tuesday 16th August after damage was reported to the overhead. The disruption was first reported at around 1700 with no estimate for repairs currently given.

West Midlands Metro have now used eight Urbos3 trams since services resumed in June with the latest to return to service being 31, which like most of its fellow class members has returned to action with sections of plain white … Continue reading →

Regular users of the West Midlands Metro website at http://www.westmidlandsmetro.com will have noticed that in recent weeks it has something of a revamp which has the aim of offering easier access to the latest information on both tram services and … Continue reading →

After a gap of nine months, the West Midlands Metro has welcomed another new tram to its network with CAF Urbos100 46 being delivered to Wednesbury Depot on 10th August 2022. This is the ninth of this exact class of … Continue reading →

The final phase of the currently planned upgrade works to the overhead on the West Midlands Metro is set to get underway later this month which will see some disruption to late night services on selected dates during August and … Continue reading →

Amongst the opening of the Birmingham Westside extension, splitting of the Brierley Hill line into two phases and the continuing delays to the Wolverhampton Railway Station extension, there is one other extension being built on the West Midlands Metro – … Continue reading →

There is the potential for more disruption on the West Midlands Metro but this time its nothing to do with the trams but staff are set to vote on taking strike action following the rejection of a pay offer which … Continue reading →

Passengers on board the West Midlands Metro will be able to travel back in time until the end of October. No, the T69s aren’t being rescued from the scrapman and re-entering service to replace the CAF built trams, but a … Continue reading →

The number of trams which have had their repairs completed on the West Midlands Metro continues to increase with a further two examples being seen on test including “celebrity” 31 and 19.