Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

There will be more disruption to late evening West Midlands Metro services on Saturday 10th and Monday 12th July to allow for essential maintenance works to take place. From 2200 on both days there will be no trams between West … Continue reading →

We go East and West in Birmingham City Centre today as we take a quick look at construction works on both the Eastside and Westside extensions. While the Westside extension is nearing completion for the Eastside extension to Digbeth it … Continue reading →

With the West Midlands Metro network currently undergoing a major expansion a number of new engineering job opportunities are being advertised with six vacancies looking to be filled.

This article has been slightly updated since original publication. There will be no West Midlands Metro services through Birmingham City Centre for three months from the end of July as work on installing the junction to the Birmingham Eastside extension … Continue reading →

The Midland Metro Alliance have confirmed that they will be starting preliminary construction work on the Birmingham Eastside extension on Digbeth High Street from 6th July. This work will help to revive Birmingham’s creative quarter with a fresh look along … Continue reading →

This article has been updated since original publication. Sometimes in an uncertain world its nice to have some things which remain constant, although we think in this case the fact that there has been another “wires down” incident on the … Continue reading →

Wednesday 23rd June 2021 saw the fourth of the new batch of trams for West Midlands Metro arrive at Wednesbury Depot. 41 was delivered to the depot having made the now familiar journey from Spain to the UK, landing in … Continue reading →

Services on the West Midlands Metro will take a further step towards normality from Sunday 20th June with trams starting to run between Bull Street and Library from that date. This will be the first time that this section of … Continue reading →

After spending eight months in Spain for repairs, West Midlands Metro Urbos3 tram 37 has returned to Wednesbury Depot. Looking almost as good as new – although where some of the repairs have taken place the West Midlands Metro livery … Continue reading →

Anyone who travels on the West Midlands Metro and local bus services are now able to buy joint tickets on the My Metro app, making it quicker and easier to travel around the local area. Since its launch the app … Continue reading →

The third of the new fleet of CAF built trams for the West Midlands Metro has now arrived at Wednesbury Depot – coming just a couple of days before all of its older cousins were withdrawn from service for precautionary … Continue reading →

There have been no trams running at all on the entire West Midlands Metro line between Library and Wolverhampton St George’s from the start of service on Friday 11th June after the complete fleet of Urbos3 trams were withdrawn from … Continue reading →

In what seems to be a recurring story services on the West Midlands Metro have been suspended through St Paul’s again after damage to the overhead wires. This is by no means the first time that there has been overhead … Continue reading →

With work already underway on extensions of the West Midlands Metro to Hagley Road in Edgbaston, Wolverhampton Railway Station and Brierley Hill, it has now been confirmed that the first “spades on the ground” will be seen on the Birmingham … Continue reading →

The £227 million extension of the West Midlands Metro to Digbeth – the Birmingham Eastside line running from Bull Street – has received a further boost with news that £15.7 million has been awarded for public realm improvements in Digbeth … Continue reading →

The second of the first eight of 21 new third generation Urbos trams for the West Midlands Metro has now arrived at Wednesbury Depot after being transported from Spain on the back of a single low loader. It is believed … Continue reading →