Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

Construction work which will enable West Midlands Metro trams to run on the first phase of the Birmingham Westside extension to Victoria Square and Centenary Square by the end of this year is now entering its final stages with the … Continue reading →

The end is nigh! The end of the magenta livery on West Midlands Metro that is! There are now only two trams in the full magenta, silver and white livery with a further two Urbos3s having now been spotted in … Continue reading →

The West Midlands Combined Authority have confirmed that as part of the opening of the Birmingham Westside extension later this year they will be naming a tram after comedian Jasper Carrot. He will be recognised thanks to charity work over … Continue reading →

Whilst the track laying of the West Midlands Metro line to Wolverhampton Railway Station (except for the last section to the station which has to wait for other redevelopment work to take place first) has been finished for a number … Continue reading →

It may be 2020 before we see any trams running into Wolverhampton City Centre but it is hoped that the bulk of the work – save for that at the railway station, which awaits the conclusion of the redevelopment there … Continue reading →

Or what headline can you use when the same thing keeps happening! Yes, the “blue revolution” on West Midlands Metro is continuing with 24 the latest tram to receive the new livery, completed with OLA adverts – 24 is the … Continue reading →

As we saw last week the first tram has now been tested on the West Midlands Metro Birmingham Westside extension and further work is now underway to complete the infrastructure ahead of services beginning “by the end of 2019”. Ken … Continue reading →

Blue and green may not go together and now there are two examples of this on the West Midlands Metro with Urbos3 32 – the latest to go blue – now carrying ads for OLA, following on from 27 as … Continue reading →

It seems to have been ready for a while but Tuesday 3rd September finally saw the return to service of West Midlands Metro Urbos3 30 with batteries fitted. In entering service 30 has become the very first battery fitted tram … Continue reading →

Well, we now know that West Midlands Metro blue and lime green do not go together! The latest tram to receive the full blue West Midlands Metro blue livery has also become the first in these colours to receive adverts … Continue reading →

We were doubtful on the timescale when it was announced the first tests on the Birmingham Westside extension would take place in August but that is exactly what has happened with Urbos3 28 making the first gauging test this week. … Continue reading →

With all trams fitted with batteries now either in the full West Midlands Metro livery of special advert liveries the new fleet livery is now being extended to those trams which haven’t yet received the batteries on their roofs. The … Continue reading →

The past few months hasseen West Midlands Metro showing a good variety of different livery styles on the 21 strong class, with advert liveries, new fleet livery and a special livery all in evidence. Before it started to get quite … Continue reading →

Monday 19th August saw a serious road traffic collision on Bilston Road in Wolverhampton which led to a car ending up on its roof and the front section of West Midlands Metro 31 being derailed and suffering major damage in … Continue reading →

There are now nine trams in the full blue livery on West Midlands Metro with 20 the latest to have received the vinyls, debuting its new look on Monday 19th August. 20 had only returned to service for the first … Continue reading →

As had been announced a few days beforehand Midland Metro T69 16 was loaded up for departure from Wednesbury Depot on Monday 19th August – a day which turned out to be a busy one on the West Midlands Metro … Continue reading →

There was major disruption on West Midlands Metro after a car collided with Urbos3 31 on Bilston Road – causing the front of the tram to be derailed and the car to overturn. The collision happened at approximately 0820 on … Continue reading →

And still they keep coming! There are now eight trams on the West Midlands Metro to carry the full new blue livery with 35 the latest to have received the vinyls, first noted in service in this condition on Friday … Continue reading →

A little over four years since it last operated in passenger service it has been confirmed that Midland Metro T69 16 is to leave Wednesbury Depot for storage at Long Marston on Monday 19th August. Since withdrawal 16 has remained … Continue reading →