{"id":7990,"date":"2014-06-15T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=7990"},"modified":"2014-06-15T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T18:57:00","slug":"five-month-closure-for-midland-metro-to-wolverhampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=7990","title":{"rendered":"Five month closure for Midland Metro to Wolverhampton"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was announced back in March that \u00a35 million had been awarded to replace the tracks on Bilston Road in Wolverhampton on Midland Metro and it has now been revealed that this work will last for five months from July with no trams serving Wolverhampton St George\u2019s at all during this period.<\/p>\n

Initially trams from Birmingham Snow Hill will only be able to run as far as Priestfield with passengers completing their journeys into Wolverhampton by bus (National Express buses will be accepting and selling Metro tickets). However as the work progresses it will be possible to extend the trams to The Royal although at this stage Centro are being non-committal about just how far through the closure this will be.<\/p>\n

It is necessary to replace the 15 year old tracks on Bilston Road – which currently form part of the only on-street running section of Midland Metro \u2013 as they have started to become worn and it is feared without replacement the reliability of the service would start to be seriously affected. As well as replacing the tracks \u2013 including crossovers \u2013 the road will be re-surfaced.<\/p>\n

The closure will also enable the platforms at Wolverhampton St George\u2019s to be lengthened to enable the CAF Urbos 3 trams to easily use this stop.<\/p>\n

Works will commence in July and should be fully completed by November.<\/p>\n

Peter Cameron, Centro spokesman, said: \u201cThe work will be carried out in two stages and will require the Metro system to be closed between Priestfield and St George\u2019s. The first phase will take place at The Royal and once completed this will allow us to run trams to the stop while the second phase of work leading up to St George\u2019s is carried out. The replacement will see a \u00a35m upgrade to the existing rails as well as preparing the platforms for the arrival of the new fleet of trams. We have been reminding passengers that work to upgrade the Midland Metro tracks along the Bilston Road will be taking place later this year. Preparatory work will begin in the summer and we will be announcing the specific dates of the closure later in the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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From next month sights such as this of 08 running to Birmingham will not be possible for a period of five months with the track due for replacement. This is 08 on 18th March 2014. (Photo: David Bosher)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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