The opening of the full Birmingham City Centre extension to Grand Central (New Street Station) on Sunday 22nd May will see the introduction of a new timetable for Midland Metro with the promise of trams running every 6 minutes during peak times and 8 minutes during the bulk of the day Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n
It was originally expected that when the extension opens to the public on Sunday 22nd May it would only see the addition of two new stops for Midland Metro \u2013 the terminus at Grand Central (named after the shopping centre rather than the adjacent New Street railway station it would seem) and at Corporation Street \u2013 but the new timetable and press release states that three new stops will be joining the network with the new Snow Hill stop seemingly ready for passengers from this date as well.<\/p>\n
Trams will take 40 minutes to run between Wolverhampton St George\u2019s and Birmingham Grand Central (and unsurprisingly the same in reverse!) and on the whole there doesn\u2019t appear to be any major changes to when you can expect a tram to turn up although during the early morning period there are some minor retimings (which seems to take away some of the more erratic service gaps) and a larger number of trams seem to run from Wednesbury Parkway to Birmingham Grand Central as their first journey than previously. The first tram on weekdays from Wednesbury Parkway to Birmingham Grand Central is at 0443 which forms the first northbound full length journey at 0515. Wolverhampton St George\u2019s sees it first tram from Wednesbury at 0457 with the first full length journey leaving the northern terminus at 0515. The peak time 6 minute service will run between 0730 and 0900 and then from 1610 until 1830 with the rest of a weekday seeing trams running at least every 8 minutes.<\/p>\n
* The new timetable can be viewed on the Midland Metro website at http:\/\/nxbus.co.uk\/files\/MidlandMetro\/current_timetables\/MidlandMetroTimetable-22May2016.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The opening of the full Birmingham City Centre extension to Grand Central (New Street Station) on Sunday 22nd May will see the introduction of a new timetable for Midland Metro with the promise of trams running every 6 minutes during … Continue reading