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Platform 4 is eventually to be return to mainline use apparently, which will no doubt make things easier to path and more service options at Snow Hill when it gets done.
Surprised at the lack of link at Snow Hill between mainline and tram, maybe it's coming soon?
Midlands Metro said:Apologies for the confusion to all our passengers this morning regarding Snow Hill tram stop. We can now confirm Snow Hill is in operation.
You're not far off... 2019, with the new railway station.So when is this going to be open, judging by the other extensions 2020 at the earliest!
Sam
Multi-million pound plans for a Midland Metro extension link from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill ‘will start’ next year, according to a council chief.
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Work on the Midland Metro extension between Wednesbury and Brierley Hill looks set to get under way
The scheme, which has been in the pipeline for nearly two decades, finally looks set to get off the ground after gaining Government backing.
West Midlands Combined Authority bosses have said the Metro extension is set to be the first project completed as part of the region’s devolution deal.
The extension runs for around seven miles from the existing line at Wednesbury to Great Bridge.
Under plans it would continue to Horseley Heath, Dudley Port, Dudley town centre, the Waterfront and Merry Hill, before terminating at Brierley Hill town centre.
Business leaders have hailed its potential impact on the region’s economy.
Dudley Council chief executive Sarah Norman tweeted: “Good progress on Brierley Hill Metro reported at @WestMids_CA Board Meeting.
“Will start in 2017 & be first Devo deal scheme completed.”
Black Country LEP board member Ninder Johal said: “For too long this region - and other parts of the UK – have been blighted by poor infrastructure.
“If we’re going to continue to attract inward investment then infrastructure is the number one priority.
“The formation of the West Midlands Combined Authority and the devolved funding it will bring will hopefully bring much improved infrastructure.
“The extension from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill is an example of that and also ties in with the extra investment into the Merry Hill shopping centre by intu.”
Dudley Council’s Conservative group leader Patrick Harley said the move was a statement of intent by the Combined Authority.
“This is something people have been talking about as a pipe dream for about 20 years,” he said.
“If we can get this done and people can see the construction, preparation and clearing of sites for tracks as quickly as 12 months’ time it will give them confidence in the merits of the combined authority.
“If one of the benefits is the Metro link and that’s one of the first achievements it will give people the belief [the combined authority] isn’t just a Birmingham initiative.”
A report is due to be brought before the Combined Authority in March
According to board papers, chiefs will seek ‘approval to progress the early delivery works in 2017-18 and submit an outline business case to Government’
Read more at http://www.expressandstar.com/news/...try-will-begin-next-year/#FFzx5XXPThT8UEp3.99
Midland Metro: New milestone for £137m Birmingham HS2 tram extension*plan -*Plans to extend the Midland Metro through Birmingham city centre in a £137 million project have reached a new milestone
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An artist’s impression of the Midland Metro in Curzon Street by Millennium Point on the Birmingham Eastside extension
A formal application has been submitted by the Midland Metro Alliance to build and operate the Birmingham Eastside extension from Bull Street to Digbeth. If granted, the order will allow work to start on the 1.05 mile – 1.7km – extension which will serve the proposed HS2 station at Curzon Street offering connections to New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill train stations. Work is due to begin in 2019 and the line to open in 2023. The scheme will cost £137.2m. As well as linking all of the city centre railway stations, it will mean easy access to Birmingham coach station and to bus routes to the south east of the city centre.
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Councillor Roger Lawrence, lead member for transport on the West Midlands Combined Authority, said: “The Birmingham Eastside extension will provide a direct high-quality link between the significant areas of commercial and leisure activity to the east of the city centre and the Jewellery Quarter and the Black Country.” The route will start at the junction of Bull Street and Corporation Street and run along Lower Bull Street past the southern edge of the proposed Martineau Galleries re-development to Albert Street. It will then cross Moor Street Queensway towards Curzon Street and continue to Meriden Street and turning left onto Digbeth High Street. There will be four stops on the route.
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The Midland Metro runs between Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton city centre, serving stops including the Jewellery Quarter, West Bromwich, Wednesbury and Bilston. Work is now underway extending the route from New Street to Centenary Square, with services expected to start running in 2019. Funding has also been earmarked for the line to go further along Broad Street, past Five Ways and on to Edgbaston by 2021. In Wolverhampton work has begun on the city centre extension, with completion scheduled for 2019. A route linking Wednesbury to Brierley Hill is also being developed and work on this could start as early as next year.
And there is further good news in that number 17 tram is now out and about on passenger services finally.