Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

No sooner had Midland Metro services stopped running into the original Snow Hill terminus workmen entered the site and started to dismantle 16 years of history. The overhead wires were swiftly removed and some track has also been lifted as … Continue reading →

Saturday 24th October saw something happen which is thankfully nowadays a rare occurrence – the closure of a section of tramway in the UK. This was the last day that you could go for a ride on a Midland Metro … Continue reading →

At the end of service on Saturday 24th October Midland Metro ran into the original Snow Hill terminus for the last time with the track from St Paul’s leading into the dark and cramped terminus closed to allow for the … Continue reading →

Centro have appointed Phil Hewitt as Midland Metro Programmes Director in replacing Paul Griffiths who has moved to the HS2 project. Mr Hewitt is a name well known to UK tram circles having recently been Executive Chairman of Tramlink Nottingham … Continue reading →

Saturday 24th October will be the last chance to catch a tram from the original Birmingham Snow Hill terminus on Midland Metro with the line from there to St Paul’s being closed from the start of service the following day … Continue reading →

36 – the penultimately delivered Urbos 3 – has now started testing across the Midland Metro network leaving just two further examples of the 21 strong class of trams to start the commissioning process on the mainline. The tram was … Continue reading →

Services across the Midland Metro network will run at increased frequencies between 0800 and 1800 on Sunday 27th September to cater for the number of people expected to be in the area for the Birmingham Weekender entertainment event. Trams will … Continue reading →

Wednesday 9th September saw the latest member of the Urbos 3 fleet to enter service on Midland Metro with 35 carrying its first fare paying passengers. This was the seventeenth different CAF built tram to enter service meaning that the … Continue reading →

On Friday 14th August 2015 the history books were closed on the Ansaldo built T69 trams which had been operating on the Midland Metro line between Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton St George’s since it opened in 1999 with the … Continue reading →

No sooner have we said goodbye to the last of the T69s then we are welcoming another one of the Urbos 3s into the operational fleet on Midland Metro with 32 entering service on Monday 17th August.

Next time you take a trip on Midland Metro your journey is now guaranteed to be on a sleek and modern CAF Urbos 3 tram following the withdrawal of the last of the T69s. The highest numbered of the 16 … Continue reading →

There will be a tinge of sadness in the West Midlands on Friday 14th August when the last ever public passenger runs of the T69 trams takes place. After months of rumour and false starts it has now been decided … Continue reading →

Centro are looking for local artists to help decorate the Birmingham City Centre Midland Metro extension with three location cabinets set to receive artwork rather than keep the plain paint jobs as seen elsewhere in the UK. The three cabinets … Continue reading →

The 21st and final CAF built Urbos 3 tram for Midland Metro arrived under the usual secrecy on Tuesday 7th July at Wednesbury Depot. Number 37 arrived on the back of two low loaders having travelled from Spain by road … Continue reading →