Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

Earlier this month Centro confirmed that the rail replacement works on Midland Metro between The Royal and Wolverhampton St George’s were delayed after the discovery of mine workings underneath the track bed on Bilston Road. It was originally planned that … Continue reading →

You will never guess what happened on Midland Metro today (Thursday 16th October)? Well another of the withdrawn T69s departed Wednesbury Depot for storage at Long Marston with 07 the latest to make the trip, becoming the first Network West … Continue reading →

Wednesday 15th October dawned on Midland Metro and for the third day in a row the depot at Wednesbury was visited by a low loader with the second T69 of the week loaded and transferred to Long Marston. This time … Continue reading →

It seems as though barely a day goes by nowadays without a low loader arriving at Midland Metro’s Wednesbury Depot and Tuesday 14th October it was the turn of two to arrive carrying the two sections of the latest Urbos … Continue reading →

As widely expected the start of a new week has seen another T69 leave Midland Metro property with the very first of the trams departing from Wednesbury Depot. 01 left shortly after 1320 on Monday 13th October with the destination, … Continue reading →

Although recently our concentration on Midland Metro has been with the departure of the T69 trams there is also the not too insignificant matter of the rail replacement works between The Royal and Wolverhampton St George’s. The line beyond Priestfield … Continue reading →

Centro have launched a public consultation into plans to extend Midland Metro through the heart of Digbeth. Previously a route from Bull Street in the city centre to the proposed HS2 station at Curzon Street was agreed but during the … Continue reading →

As expected another of the withdrawn Midland Metro T69’s has departed Wednesbury Depot with 02 the second of the week to make the trip to Long Marston courtesy of Allelys. The tram departed on Tuesday 7th October and follows in … Continue reading →

13 has become the second of Midland Metro’s T69 fleet to depart Wednesbury Depot with several more examples expected to leave in the next couple of weeks (as many as six more have been suggested!) Allelys were once again called … Continue reading →

The takeover on Midland Metro of the CAF built Urbos 3 trams is continuing with this week seeing either five or six of the vehicles in service with Monday 22nd September seeing more than 50% of the service in the … Continue reading →

The work to replace the track between The Royal and Wolverhampton St George’s is now well underway with a concentration at the moment at The Royal end of the worksite to allow this to completed so that trams can run … Continue reading →

Midland Metro’s new Urbos 3 trams continue to be in passenger service every day but since the first day there haven’t often been four in action at any one time with normally just two running with occasionally a third joining … Continue reading →

As expected Friday 5th September saw the introduction into passenger service of four of the CAF built Urbos 3 trams on Midland Metro with an official launch ceremony taking place at Birmingham Snow Hill attended by Sir Albert Bore, Leader … Continue reading →

There have been a couple of significant changes to the Midland Metro tram fleet this week with the latest Urbos3 arriving from Spain swiftly followed by the withdrawal of another T69 from service. All of this in the same week … Continue reading →

It has now been confirmed the major essential engineering works on Midland Metro will commence from Saturday 6th September (although the press release states this is the 8th so it could just as easily be Monday 8th!) and will now … Continue reading →

It has been confirmed that the first four of the new fleet of Urbos3 trams for Midland Metro will carry their first passengers on Friday 5th September and not the August Bank Holiday weekend as had been previously rumoured.

Progress is continuing in Birmingham City Centre on the Midland Metro extension which will link Snow Hill and New Street railway stations. Track continues to be laid at various locations along the streets of the city with recent progress being … Continue reading →

Preparations for the entry into service of the new Urbos3 trams on Midland Metro is continuing with each Wednesday and Thursday evening seeing full system runs as more drivers are trained on the trams. Also every day sees one of … Continue reading →

The deliveries of Midland Metro’s new CAF built Urbos 3’s continues to be picked up with number 28 the latest to be delivered to the depot at Wednesbury on Tuesday 29th July. This is the 12th of the trams to … Continue reading →