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Just had a look at the old LMS route map, and those days had a very big network around the midlands and north west , and the north also.

There an item in my rail mag this week about , conversion of the line on IOW, from london tube train , to the old Midland metro trams , because the Midland Metro had brand new tram fleet, and the old ones would be ideal for the island line as would be much cheaper to run, and why the lack of...

London midland is sort of split into two parts there is the london midland city part that runs local services around the Birmingham and west midlands erea, branded city, and then there is the long distance intercity type service normally semi fast or limited stop. And yes as I think it would be...

Well good news as already said above and hopefully will open and up and running im going for either the 5th or 15th may 2016, and pleased to see that work restarted on the Snow Hill metro stop this week, the tram shelterd beeing built, and also the ones at corporations st, and New st, too...

Great to the midland metro works re-commence after the christmas and new year holidays.

Nice vidio of the trams Martin, much better going into Birmingham city centre proper, and looking forward to when its all complete in early 2016,

A Great day for Midland Metro running into the city centre from today, sunday 6th December 2015

Midland metro trams to bull st from this sunday December 6th

Thanks, yes I just been reading about the live tram test to bull st, realy good news hopefully they NWM will put some pics about it too, --- old post above --- --- new post below --- The midland metro has had live tram tests to birmingham bull st today, running under own power.

Great news the HS2 between birmingham and Crewe starting 6 years early

Work is progressing well, at Snow hill metro stop, the platform beginning to take shape and the paving work too, hopefully all being well trams should start to bull st metro stop this coming sunday dec 6th,

The british trams online website been updated, with pics and news about the new city centre exstention , in birmingham , a very special day for my city.

Hi Mojo, well I for one is very pleased to see all the investment both in metro and normal mainline , just look over the last few yrs how much is and has been invested in the rail network everything from new locos and new rolling stock and rail stations, and look how much the number of people...

Well it says on the Manchester news website that the 2cc crossing costs 165m , and also quite a lot of the financial costs for the metrolink have come from the European fund, where as in birmingham it raised mainly local via the ita, (transport). But the point is not on cost but how good it will...

Hi Mojo, well dont forget the original metro was built about 15 yrs ago I think, and also the costs of raw materials has increased as has the costs of labour, and alsi its not just an 1.7km exstention, if you look what we got , 1) 21 brand new urbos3 caf trams from spain , 2) a brand new tram...

Hi Nottingham city, yes your right in thinking ref the cost of midland metro, the whole figure include the new fleet of urbos3 trams 40m and also part rebuild of snow hill, which is having a brand new metro station and from st pauls to new street, new double track and metro stations at bull st...

Yes the work is progressing well, btw it isnt that far from the SH metro line by the old metro station to st pauls maybe a couple of hundred yards , so shouldnt take long to get the OHL system up and running, and also both tracks are connected to to the new tramline into city centre, , and also...

Your welcome Gazuk , the scc site is very good always updated and british trams online is quite good but updated less often but good anyway, and yes the eastside exstention is quite a way off but centenary square only be a about 2 or 3 yrs before completing, so thats more exciting news for the...

Hi Gazuk there is some info on the centro website about the next exstention to centenary sq,

Thats great news regarding the tram stop in Wolverhampton, anyway the tram works are proggressing realy well, at the point between st pauls and the new metro stop at snow hill, new metro stop there, both new tracks have been connected to the original track, and also the new bull street tram...