Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

We have recently seen good progress being made on Castle Hill, Dudley on the construction works for the West Midlands Metro extension to Brierley Hill but that isn’t the only location on the route where the Midland Metro Alliance are … Continue reading →

Over the past few weeks the focus of attention on the Birmingham Westside extension has been related to the start of testing and commissioning of the second phase of the line between Library and Edgbaston Village. However, although trams have … Continue reading →

Away from the high-profile lack of trams on the current West Midlands Metro there continues to be good progress on adding additional lines to the network in the future with the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill extension having recently hit another … Continue reading →

It looks like there will be no service on the West Midlands Metro until the end of May as repairs to the trams continues at Wednesbury Depot. The news that it will take over two months between initial suspension and … Continue reading →

Its been rare lately to have a positive news story from the West Midlands Metro but for once we can report on one as the first tram has reached Edgbaston Village on the second phase of the Birmingham Westside extension. … Continue reading →

It has now been over two weeks since tram services on the West Midlands Metro were suspended and despite work having commenced on the replacement of the panels where the cracks were found there is no news yet of when … Continue reading →

An expansion of the West Midlands Metro depot at Wednesbury is set to go-ahead after £43 million worth of funding from the £1.3 billion City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) was confirmed by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Board. … Continue reading →

There is no end in sight to the suspension of services on the West Midlands Metro with repairs now being confirmed as required on the withdrawn Urbos3 trams after detailed bodywork inspections were completed. The service was suspended (this time) … Continue reading →

Its happened again. Just three months after services resumed on the West Midlands Metro they have been suspended again with further cracks – in a different location to the previous cracks – discovered on the original Urbos3 trams. Services were … Continue reading →

Wolverhampton based Compton Care has been named as Charity of the Year by the West Midlands Metro meaning that the organisation will benefit from a wide range of fundraising events.

A new £24 million Dudley transport interchange has moved a step closer after a final planning application was submitted earlier this month. It will be built on the current bus station site and will see bus and tram services linked.

The new fares structure on the West Midlands Metro is to be introduced from Monday 28th March. Announced earlier this year “Metro Ticket Zones” will see the current network split into four zones and is said to be an easy … Continue reading →

The Midland Metro Alliance – who are responsible for the construction of the extension to the West Midlands Metro – celebrated he achievements of their apprenticeships during the National Apprenticeship Week 2022. The Alliance have apprentices across a wide range … Continue reading →

A newly released computer-generated fly-through showing the delta junction due to be installed at Wednesbury to allow trams to travel both on the current Birmingham to Wolverhampton line as well as onto the new Brierly Hill extension has been released … Continue reading →