Category Archives: West Midlands Metro

Trams on Midland Metro will run to an amended service on Bank Holiday Monday 7th May. Services will run every 15 minutes starting from 0800 and finishing at 2300.

In the same week that Centro announced their “memorandum of understanding” with Birmingham City Council it has also been reported that they are once again planning an extension through Dudley. This extension would be part of a line between Wednesbury … Continue reading →

Centro and the City of Birmingham City Council have signed an agreement which should make any future extensions of Midland Metro slightly easier – although the usual hoops will still have to be jumped through. The Memorandum of Understanding between … Continue reading →

A revised service will operate over the Easter weekend on the Midland Metro.

Work has started on a major project to expand and upgrade the Wednesbury Midland Metro Depot ahead of the delivery of the new trams, which are due to enter service in February 2014. The contract for the £13.8 million project … Continue reading →

The Department for Transport have announced that Full (final) approval has been given to the Midland Metro extension through Birmingham City Centre to New Street railway station. This means that work can really begin in earnest on getting the extension … Continue reading →

CAF – the Spanish tram manufacturer – have been chosen as the preferred bidder for the fleet of replacement trams for the Midland Metro network. Up to 25 trams – although the initial order will be for just 19 – … Continue reading →

A revised timetable is to be introduced on Midland Metro from Tuesday 3rd January 2012 which, it is hoped, will help to provide extra capacity at peak periods with the introduction of a new service from Wednesbury Parkway to Birmingham … Continue reading →

As well as a revised timetable (see other story) the new year will see a revised fare structure on Midland Metro with increases in line with inflation. The reason Midland Metro have given for these increases are rising business costs. … Continue reading →