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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.
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.
Birmingham has the highest proportion of rail commuters in England outside London. [13] In the past few decades the proportion of journeys into central Birmingham by rail has grown sharply: 27% of journeys into Birmingham city centre in the peak hours were made by rail in 2012, compared to 17% in 2001, and 12% in 1991. [14] [15]
The West Midlands Metro is a passenger light rail line in the West Midlands conurbation in England, which opened in 1999. Its rolling stock consists of 21 CAF Urbos 3 trams which came into service in 2014/15, replacing the older T-69 trams which had operated the line since 1999.
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 ...
Midland Metro Urbos 3 tram in Wolverhampton in June 2014. TfWM's predecessor, Centro, was responsible for the reintroduction of tram services to the West Midlands, with the development of the Midland Metro, now known as West Midlands Metro. Plans for a multi-line light rail system for the West Midlands were first drawn up in the early 1980s.
This is a route-map template for the West Midlands Metro#Birmingham Eastside extension, a future Birmingham light-rail/tram line. For a key to symbols, see {{ railway line legend }} . For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap .
Pages in category "Tram stops in Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.