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There had been proposals for a light rail or Metro system in Birmingham and the Black Country put forward as early as the 1950s and 1960s, ironically at a time when some of the region's lines and services were beginning to be cut back.
However, as in most British cities, the network was wound down and closed by the local authority, with the last tram running in 1953.
7.2.2 Wednesbury–Brierley Hill extensionīirmingham once had an extensive tram network run by Birmingham Corporation Tramways.A further extension will create a new Line 4 from Edgbaston to Curzon Street, Digbeth, Solihull or Chelmsley Wood and Birmingham Airport planned to open in phases in 20–2026 depending on when planning permission is accepted. However, delays in construction of the extension due to COVID-19 have delayed the project. Construction of a new Line 2 & 3 from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill was approved in March 2019, started in February 2020 and was intended to be completed for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Īn extension to Wolverhampton railway station is scheduled to open in 2022. The system is owned by the public body Transport for West Midlands, and operated through Midland Metro Ltd, a company wholly owned by the West Midlands Combined Authority. A further extension in Wolverhampton is scheduled to open in 2022. The line originally terminated at Birmingham Snow Hill station but, with extensions opened in 2015, 20, now runs via Birmingham city centre to terminate at Edgbaston. Opened on, 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, running on a mixture of reopened disused railway line (the Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line) and on-street running in urban areas. The West Midlands Metro (originally named Midland Metro) is a light-rail/ tram system in the county of West Midlands, England.