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Construction of the new extension of Line One of the Midlands Metro from Birmingham Snow Hill Railway Station to Centenary Square. Shown here as it will head down Bull Street, in Birmingham City centre, West Midlands.
The Midlands Metro opened in 1999, mostly using a disused railway trackbed. The extension into Birmingham city centre, was approved in 2012, and is expected to be operational by 2015. From Snow Hill the tramway will run along Colmore Circus, Upper Bull Street, Corporation Street and Stephenson Street, with three stops. The second phase of the extension to Centenary Square will then run from Stephenson Street along Pinfold Street, turning into Victoria Square where a new stop will be located alongside the Town Hall. It will then run along Paradise Street to Paradise Circus then turn onto Broad Street, where it will continue to its terminus on Centenary Square.
Various other extensions, including entirely new lines, have been proposed but not yet approved. These include a line from Wednesbury to the Merry Hill Shopping Centre, again making use of a disused railway trackbed, on a line shared with heavy rail.
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Construction of the new extension of Line One of the Midlands Metro from Birmingham Snow Hill Railway Station to Centenary Square. Shown here as it will head down Bull Street, in Birmingham City centre, West Midlands.
The Midlands Metro opened in 1999, mostly using a disused railway trackbed. The extension into Birmingham city centre, was approved in 2012, and is expected to be operational by 2015. From Snow Hill the tramway will run along Colmore Circus, Upper Bull Street, Corporation Street and Stephenson Street, with three stops. The second phase of the extension to Centenary Square will then run from Stephenson Street along Pinfold Street, turning into Victoria Square where a new stop will be located alongside the Town Hall. It will then run along Paradise Street to Paradise Circus then turn onto Broad Street, where it will continue to its terminus on Centenary Square.
Various other extensions, including entirely new lines, have been proposed but not yet approved. These include a line from Wednesbury to the Merry Hill Shopping Centre, again making use of a disused railway trackbed, on a line shared with heavy rail.