page_title: West Midlands Metro
section_title: Infrastructure
hierarchical_section_title: West Midlands Metro / Infrastructure
caption_attribution_description: English: St Chads tram stop, looking towards Wolverhampton.
context_page_description: West Midlands Metro is a light-rail/tram system in the county of West Midlands, England. Opened on 30 May 1999, it consists of a single route, Line 1, which operates between the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton via the towns of West Bromwich and Wednesbury, running on a mixture of reopened disused railway line and on-street running in urban areas. The line originally terminated at Birmingham Snow Hill station, but with extensions opened in 2015 and 2019, now runs into Birmingham City Centre to terminate at Library in Centenary Square, with further extension underway and due to be complete in 2021.
  The system is owned by the public body Transport for West Midlands, and operated through Midland Metro Ltd, a company wholly owned by the West Midlands Combined Authority.
  Extensions to Line 1, to Edgbaston at the southern end and Wolverhampton railway station in the north are under construction with passenger services expected to commence in 2021. Construction of a new Line 2 from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill was approved in March 2019 and started in February 2020. A further extension will create a new Line 3 from Edgbaston to Curzon Street, Digbeth and Birmingham Airport.
caption: The transition from segregated track to street running near St Chads tram stop
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