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The West Midlands Metro is a light-rail/tram line in the West Midlands of England operating between Birmingham and Wolverhampton via West Bromwich and Wednesbury. It is owned and operated by Transport for West Midlands. It opened on 30 May 1999, mostly using the former disused Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line.
The West Midlands Metro is a light-rail/tram system in the county of West Midlands, England.The network has 33 stops with a total of 14.9 miles (24.0 km) of track; it currently consists of a single route, Line 1, which operates between the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton via the towns of Bilston, West Bromwich and Wednesbury, on a mixture of former railway lines and urban on-street running.
Tram 31 was the first to receive the new blue livery and was relaunched on 16 July 2018. [13] In May 2019, tram 19 was given a silver and blue livery with special logos to mark the 20th anniversary of the West Midlands Metro on 30 May 2019. [14] It was given the full blue livery in February 2021. [15] All trams now carry this livery. [16]
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is the public body responsible for co-ordinating transport services in the West Midlands metropolitan county in England. [1] It is an executive body of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), with bus franchising and highway management powers similar to Transport for London.
Five Ways tram stop is a tram stop on Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro located in Five Ways, Birmingham. It opened on 17 July 2022 as the when the line was extended from Library to Edgbaston Village .
Wednesbury Parkway tram stop is a tram stop in Wednesbury, Sandwell, England. It was opened on 31 May 1999 and has park and ride facilities. It is situated on West Midlands Metro Line 1. The stop has a third track alongside running into the tram depot which is a short distance east.
Library tram stop is a tram stop on Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro located in Birmingham outside the Library of Birmingham. It opened on 11 December 2019 as the line's terminus when it was extended from Grand Central. [1] [2] [3] In July 2022 the line was extended to Edgbaston Village. [4] [5] [6]
Bull Street tram stop is a tram stop on the West Midlands Metro tram system serving Bull Street in the Birmingham city centre, England.Construction started in June 2012, [1] and it was opened on 6 December 2015, becoming the first stop of the city-centre extension to open, and the first on-street tram stop to operate in Birmingham since the closure of the Birmingham Corporation Tramways in ...