  thumb|upright|centro house, the organisation's headquarters thumb|right|1509 (p509 kox), a volvo b10l/alexander ultra, in birmingham on route 301. at the time of the photo, it was cng gas-powered the west midlands passenger transport executive (wmpte), publicly branded as network west midlands and under the corporate name of centro, is a local government organisation (passenger transport executive) responsible for public transport services in the west midlands county in england. policies and budgets are set by the west midlands integrated transport authority (wmita), formerly known as the west midlands passenger transport authority (wmpta). the authority has 27 representatives appointed from the seven west midlands metropolitan district councils (ten from birmingham, three each from coventry, dudley, sandwell, walsall, and wolverhampton, and two from solihull). following a reorganisation in 2006, the transport authority and executive are, for many purposes, a single entity. ==functions==  centro's activities include: *subsidising, and seeking government subsidy for, some remunerative bus, train and tram services which it considers socially necessary. *providing public transport street furniture, bus stops and shelters, passenger information and bus stations. bus stops are owned and maintained by centro. there are bus stations at wolverhampton, walsall, dudley, m
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