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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.
This stop serves Birmingham New Street and Birmingham Moor Street railway stations. In October 2013 Birmingham City Council voted to extend the line, adding two additional stops beyond Grand Central, at Town Hall and Library. [4] [5] This opened in December 2019. [6] [7] [8] In July 2022 the line was further extended to Edgbaston Village.
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.
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 ...
Corporation Street tram stop is a tram stop on Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro serving Corporation Street, a major thoroughfare in Birmingham City Centre, England. Government approval for the extension from Snow Hill to Grand Central was given on 16 February 2012. [1] It was opened on 30 May 2016. [2] The stop only has a shelter on the ...
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.
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]
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]