Midland Metro

The Midland Metro tramway operates between Wolverhampton and Birmingham in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom. It is operated by National Express services began in May 1999 with a fleet of 16 Italian built Ansaldo Firema T69 trams. The original route ran from St George's at Wolverhampton, via West Bromwich terminating at Birmingham's Snow Hill railway station. In 2012 the first extension began to the tramway which included an on street section to link Snow Hill to Birmingham's New Street station in the centre of the city. A further extension will take trams to Centenary Square, which should be should be completed by 2017. As the system became more and more popular the existing trams were found to be too small and in some cases unreliable, so a decision was made to replace them with a fleet of 20 CAF Urbos 3 trams manufactured in Spain. Delivery began in 2013 and has now been completed. This DVD will take an in-depth look at the Midland Metro tram system.