Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to help support Birmingham residents’ use of alternative public transport following the recurrent suspension of West Midlands Metro services.
The Department was made aware of the West Midland Metro closure on 19 March 2022. Since then we have been engaging with officials from the Combined Authority to understand the evolving operational issues. We have received assurances that ticket acceptance on alternate transport modes is in place for Birmingham residents. We continue to monitor the situation, communicating with officials from the region as well as industry safety experts, to understand its potential impact to the forthcoming Commonwealth Games and to understand when services can be resumed.