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Midland Metro Alliance
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Midland Metro Alliance
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We are proud to be designing and delivering extensions to the @WMmetro network on behalf of @TransportforWM. We are also proud to be considerate constructors.
- And there we have it! The Wolverhampton City Centre Metro extension is now open for passengers!
00:00 - It's not a case of simply putting tracks in the asphalt: we have to dig down, divert and upgrade utilities, being mindful of interfaces, including an underground tunnel between Snow Hill and Moor Street, we knocked down a building and had to clear the site, too.The most “it’ll be good when it’s finished” ever
- Trams have been tested along the new #BirminghamWestside route from Grand Central to Centenary Square in preparation for the start of passenger service in December 2019. @TransportForWM @WMmetro
00:00 - Take a look at the progress on Lower Bull Street. The area is really starting to take shape with all of the track now installed.
- First tram travels along Broad Street as testing and commissioning gets underway To find out more: metroalliance.co.uk/tram-travels-a…
- 🚊 Metro update 🚊 Trams arrived in Victoria Square for the first time in recent evenings as a gauge test of newly installed track for the Birmingham Westside extension was successfully completed. 🎉 Find out more: metroalliance.co.uk/successful-tra…
- Testing and commissioning along the newly laid track on Corporation Street is now underway ahead of full passenger service resuming.
- #BirminghamWestsideMetroextension Did you know that a grass track can help with promoting clean air and provide surface water drainage? Plus, we think it makes our Edgbaston Village terminus look great!
- Following two-and-a-half years of construction, we are delighted that the route we built on behalf of @TransportforWM is receiving its first passengers today. Read more: metroalliance.co.uk/birmingham-cit…
- Trams have arrived in Centenary Square for the first time as full tests of the #BirminghamWestside Metro extension got underway. See more 👉 metroalliance.co.uk/first-trams-re…
- The first tram test for the Wolverhampton Metro extension has been a success! 👏 Flanked by a team of engineers, the tram made its way along Pipers Row and Railway Drive in the early hours. Read more: metroalliance.co.uk/first-tram-run…
- The revival of Birmingham’s creative quarter takes another step today as @GBSLEP allocates £15.4 million from its Enterprise Zone Investment Plan (EZIP) to Birmingham City Council to redevelop Digbeth High Street. Find out more at metroalliance.co.uk/more-than-15-m…
- Trams are now operating between Wolverhampton and Edgbaston Village as the second phase of Birmingham Westside Metro Extension, which we've been planning and building since 2019, is now open. It was great to see so many people at the tram stops excited for the new route opening.
