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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 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.
St Chads tram stop is a tram stop on the city-centre extension of Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro in the United Kingdom, adjacent to Snow Hill railway station.It opened on 2 June 2016 as part of the extension into Birmingham city centre as a replacement for the previous Snow Hill terminus tram stop.
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.
Edgbaston Village is a tram stop on the West Midlands Metro located in Edgbaston. It opened on 17 July 2022 as the terminus of the Birmingham Westside extension, taking over from the Library . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is named for the newly created retail district in which it sits.
Part of the route operates as a tram-train [2] [7] Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland: Tyne and Wear Metro: 30.7 77 km (48 mi) 60 2 Electric 11 August 1980 [2] Light rail West Midlands (Birmingham–Wolverhampton) West Midlands Metro: 8.3 23 km (14 mi) 31 1 Electric 30 May 1999 2/3 lines under construction. [8]
Brindleyplace tram stop is a tram stop on Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham. It opened on 17 July 2022 as when the line was extended from Library to Edgbaston Village. [1] [2] [3]
Phase Two of the West Midlands Metro will see the line reopening to carry trams between Walsall, Dudley Port Lower Level, Dudley railway station and the Merry Hill Shopping Centre. The closed section of the South Staffordshire Line through Dudley is under construction and was due to re-open in 2022–2023, [2] [needs update]. However due to ...