Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

Out and About: Tram changeover at Wednesbury Parkway

Posted on Saturday 5 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Out and About” today is in the West Midlands as we head to the Metro where we see trams changing over at Wednesbury Parkway.

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Trams to Wolverhampton Railway Station from July?

Posted on Wednesday 2 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

After the Wolverhampton Railway Station West Midlands Metro extension missed its “end of 2021” opening date the question has been when may we start to see trams running on the new line? That now seems to have been answered with … Continue reading →

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More funding for the DfT for English regional light rail

Posted on Tuesday 1 March 2022 by Gareth Prior

English bus and light rail operators are to be awarded a further £150 million in funding as part of final phase of pandemic related financial support for the sector from the Department for Transport. This funding is due to last … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 05

Posted on Friday 25 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

One final image from Midland Metro before “Picture in Time” moves location again.

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WMCA budget approved for West Midlands Metro extensions

Posted on Thursday 24 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

The latest West Midlands Metro Combined Authority’s (WMCA) budget for 2022/23 has been approved with £379 million of the total £879.2 million due to be spent on transport – including West Midlands Metro extensions.

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In Pictures: Birmingham Westside extension Phase Two update

Posted on Tuesday 22 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

With services having finally returned to Library on 12th February attentions will now start to turn towards when trams may start running on the second phase of the Birmingham Westside extension via Broad Street to Edgbaston Village. Early 2022 has … Continue reading →

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 20th February 2022

Posted on Sunday 20 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

This week our photos come from the re-opening of the line through Birmingham City Centre to Library on the West Midlands Metro:

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 04

Posted on Friday 18 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

We take another trip to Midland Metro for this edition of “Picture in Time” and this time we feature T69 04.

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In Pictures: Another tram returns to service on the West Midlands Metro as 42 receives an advert

Posted on Thursday 17 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

The hard work returning trams to service on the West Midlands Metro is continuing with Monday 14th February seeing a further Urbos3 entering service for the first time since the entire fleet was withdrawn back in November. This time around … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Atmospheric conditions in Birmingham

Posted on Wednesday 16 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

For this edition of “Out and About” we show that it doesn’t always have to be sunny to capture decent photos of trams!

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Still Standing! Birmingham Snow Hill Tram Stop

Posted on Monday 14 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its not just first generation tramway structures that we can feature in this series as there are also some old modern tram system survivors including the original Birmingham City Centre terminus of the then Midland Metro route at Snow Hill.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 13th February 2022

Posted on Sunday 13 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

There#s a double-helping of photos as part of this week’s main site update – from the archives and from the past week or so:

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In Pictures: West Midlands Metro returns to Library for the first time in over 200 days!

Posted on Saturday 12 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 12th February 2022 – mark that date in your diaries as that was the date that passenger services between Bull Street and Library in Birmingham City Centre finally started running again. There were 202 days between the last day … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 03

Posted on Friday 11 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

“Picture in Time” returns to Midland Metro today as we take another look at one of the T69s in service.

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In Pictures: Track starts to go down in Dudley

Posted on Wednesday 9 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

We only reported at the end of January that the first track had been delivered to Dudley in readiness for installation on Castle Hill and now less than halfway through February and the first sections are down! This is the … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: A different tram in service on the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Tuesday 8 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Since trams returned to service in December on the West Midlands Metro after the month-long suspension it has pretty much been the case that its been the same trams in service most of the time with very different trams seen … Continue reading →

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Out and About: Another new tram in service on the West Midlands Metro

Posted on Sunday 6 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another edition of “Out and About” and the system for this latest foray into some topical images of trams in the British Isles is the West Midlands Metro.

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Another delay to a resumption of services to Library

Posted on Friday 4 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

For anyone waiting to catch a tram to Library again on the West Midlands Metro your wait will go on as its been confirmed that the latest opening date of Sunday 6th February will not be met. In probably a … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Midland Metro 02

Posted on Friday 4 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Another image from the past on Midland Metro in this edition of “Picture in Time” as we feature the second of the 16 strong class of Italian built T69s.

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More tram shortages lead to reduced service on West Midlands Metro

Posted on Wednesday 2 February 2022 by Gareth Prior

Whilst much of the country has seen service reductions over the past few months as a result of staff shortages it seems that the West Midlands Metro are having a completely different problem leading to a reduced service – tram … Continue reading →

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