West Midlands Metro
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Countdown begins to major Birmingham extension opening
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WEST Midlands Metro tram No. 20 became the first to work through to Centenary Square in Birmingham on October 23, as testing continued along the new Westside extension from Grand Central (New Street). This city centre extension is the first stage of a much larger expansion of the network around Birmingham, with the Westside line…
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Delay to Birmingham’s eastern £137m extension
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GOVERNMENT approval for the West Midlands Metro’s £137million Eastside extension to Digbeth, which would serve the proposed HS2 station at Curzon Street, is being delayed by uncertainty over the high-speed rail project. The extended tramline, which would connect Curzon Street with New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill stations, may not now open until 2026…
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West Midlands Metro celebrates 20 years of service
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WEST Midlands Metro has marked 20 years of operation by unveiling a specially designed livery on tram No. 19. Services were officially launched between Wolverhampton St George’s and Birmingham Snow Hill on May 30, 1999 with an extension through to Grand Central (Birmingham New Street) opening in 2016. Today, Metro trams travel a total of…
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First tracks laid on extension in Birmingham city centre
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They are the first trams tracks to be installed in the city centre since 2015.
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