Trams: West Midlands

(asked on 2nd April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, (a) what is the length of current tram networks in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area and (b) by how many miles is the tram network set to expand over the next ten years.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 8th April 2019

The current Midland Metro system is 21km long. This will be extended by 2km once the extension to Edgbaston, which is currently under construction, is open.

West Midlands Combined Authority, which owns and operates the system, have plans for further extensions.

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