{"id":62179,"date":"2026-03-10T22:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62179"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:10:36","slug":"in-pictures-driver-training-underway-to-millennium-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62179","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Driver training underway to Millennium Point"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trams have returned to Wolverhampton St George\u2019s once again with services resuming from Monday 9th<\/sup> 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\u2019t be too many weeks away either with driver training now underway, leading to a temporary timetable being introduced from Monday 16th<\/sup> March.<\/p>\n

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Wolverhampton St George\u2019s welcomed trams back on Monday 9th<\/sup> 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.<\/p>\n

Trams will serve Wolverhampton St George\u2019s every 15 minutes between 0700 and 1900, Monday to Saturday with no service before or after this time, or on Sundays.<\/p>\n

The timetable in place for this week only is:<\/p>\n

Monday to Saturday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start of service to 0700: Trams every 15 minutes Wolverhampton Station to Edgbaston Village<\/p>\n

0700 to 1900: Trams every 15 minutes from Wolverhampton Station and Wolverhampton St George\u2019s to Edgbaston Village. These will combine to give a tram every 8 minutes from The Royal to Edgbaston Village.<\/p>\n

1900 to end of service: Trams every 15 minutes Wolverhampton Station to Edgbaston Village<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trams every 12 minutes between Wolverhampton Station and Edgbaston Village<\/p>\n

But things will change with the timetable again from Monday 16th<\/sup> 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\u2019t be handed over to the operational team).<\/p>\n

Friday 6th<\/sup> March 2026 saw the start of training with the driver trainers familiarising themselves with the short line again with 36<\/strong> in use running Bull Street-Millennium Point-Library-Millennium Point.<\/p>\n

Then Monday 9th<\/sup> 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<\/strong> was the tram used on this day.<\/p>\n

It has now been confirmed that driver training will increase further from Monday 16th<\/sup> March which will also see a change to the timetable.<\/p>\n

This will see:<\/p>\n