Trams have returned to Wolverhampton St George’s once again with services resuming from Monday 9th March. This is just phase one of the enlarging of the network in 2026, with the second part set to be the start of services to Millennium Point on the Birmingham Eastside extension. That shouldn’t be too many weeks away either with driver training now underway, leading to a temporary timetable being introduced from Monday 16th March.
Wolverhampton St George’s welcomed trams back on Monday 9th March (even though journey planners had initially claimed that was the case the previous week, subsequently updated later in that week). Further work had to take place before trams could return but this was completed to allow the timetable to resume.
Trams will serve Wolverhampton St George’s every 15 minutes between 0700 and 1900, Monday to Saturday with no service before or after this time, or on Sundays.
The timetable in place for this week only is:
Monday to Saturday
Start of service to 0700: Trams every 15 minutes Wolverhampton Station to Edgbaston Village
0700 to 1900: Trams every 15 minutes from Wolverhampton Station and Wolverhampton St George’s to Edgbaston Village. These will combine to give a tram every 8 minutes from The Royal to Edgbaston Village.
1900 to end of service: Trams every 15 minutes Wolverhampton Station to Edgbaston Village
Sunday
Trams every 12 minutes between Wolverhampton Station and Edgbaston Village
But things will change with the timetable again from Monday 16th March to allow a significant increase in driver training to take place on the extension to Millennium Point. The line has now been formally handed over to West Midlands Metro following the conclusion of the extended period of testing on the line (it had been planned to open it in December 2025 but signalling issues meant it couldn’t be handed over to the operational team).
Friday 6th March 2026 saw the start of training with the driver trainers familiarising themselves with the short line again with 36 in use running Bull Street-Millennium Point-Library-Millennium Point.
Then Monday 9th March saw full driver training get underway with three drivers were put their paces on the extension in the morning with a further three then trained during the afternoon. 24 was the tram used on this day.
It has now been confirmed that driver training will increase further from Monday 16th March which will also see a change to the timetable.
This will see:
- Trams from Wolverhampton Station will run as normal and serve all stops
- Trams from Wolverhampton St George’s will terminate at Bull Street. They will then go onto the extension to allow drivers to complete their training and route familiarisation. They will rejoin the mainline at Corporation Street on their return and will pick-up passengers again.
There will be no changes to services from Edgbaston Village.
A date for the opening of the line is yet to be announced but surely can’t be that far away now.
36 crosses the delta junction as it heads onto the Eastside extension.
The Clayton Hotel dominates the background as we see 36 showing “DRIVER TRAINING” on its destination display. (Photographs x2 by Andy Walters, 6th March 2026)
24 runs on the extension during driver training on the first full day.
The tram then pulls into the temporary terminus at Millennium Point. The crossover installed to allow trams to turn here can just be seen to the left of the tram. (Photographs x2 by Andy Walters, 9th March 2026)
More work underway on the approach to St George’s ahead of its reopening.
Mixed messages at Wolverhampton St George’s where it lists the apparent next departures to Edgbaston Village but then tells you that Wolverhampton St George’s is closed! (Photographs x2 by Richard Maund, 5th March 2026)