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NEWS: August Bank Holiday Service
7th August 2008
Travel Metro will be operating the following level of service over the 2008 August Bank Holiday......

NEWS: Service Alteration (Wishbone Bridge) - September 2008
4th August 2008
For the 4 week period commencing on Saturday 30th August up to Sunday 28th September inclusive there will be no Metro services operating into Wolverhampton St Georges tram stop......

NEWS: Service Alteration - Thursday 17th July 2008
Posted: 17 July 2008
From 20:00hrs on Thursday 17th July 2008, there will be no Metro services operating between Wolverhampton St George's and Priestfield tram stops.....

NEWS: Service Alteration - Wednesday 16th July 2008
Posted: 09 July 2008
From 20:00hrs on Wednesday 16th July 2008, there will be no Metro services operating between Wolverhampton St George's and Priestfield tram stops.....

NEWS: Sunday Closure - 15th June 2008
Posted: 03 June 2008
There will be no tram services between Wednesbury Parkway and Birmingham Snow Hill tram stops all day on Sunday 15th June to allow essential engineering work to take place....

NEWS: Timetable Revised - 3rd March 2008
Posted: 22 February 2008
From Monday, 3rd March 2008 Metro will be operating a revised timetable.
The new timetable has a 6-8 minute frequency Monday - Saturday daytimes and also features an earlier start with the first tram leaving Birminghamand from Wolverhampton at 5.15am
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NEWS: Service Alteration Notice
Posted: 04th February 2008
On Wednesday 6th February Travel Midland Metro will be operating services between The Royal and Birmingham Snow Hill from 20.00 until the end of service...

NEWS: Metro Daytripper - Just the ticket!
Posted: 2nd January 2008
Travel Midland Metro is pleased to announce the introduction of a new one-day Metro Daytripper ticket which will be available from Wednesday 2 January 2008.

NEWS: Metro Card Frozen in Place
Posted: 14th December 2007
Travel Midland Metro will be freezing Midland Metro Travelcard prices for yet another year, this is being achieved as part of a balanced policy aimed at encouraging regular use of trams.

NEWS: Christmas & New Year Services
Posted: 6th December 2007
Travel Midland Metro will be operating the following levels of service over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.

NEWS: Metro Stop Lit Up by Artist Group
Posted: 07th November 2007
The Hawthorns Metro stop will be bathed in light following the installation of a dramatic light and animation project - 'Telling Tales Alight'.

NEWS: New Real Time Passenger Information System
Posted: 16th August 2007
The installation of a brand new realtime passenger information system for tram stops commenced earlier this month.

NEWS: Tram In The Pink!
Posted: 24th July 2007
The first Metro tram to carry the new Network West Midlands livery made its long-awaited debut recently - just in time for the summer!

NEWS: Wolverhampton Show - 7/8 July 2007
Posted: 6th July 2007
The City of Wolverhampton Show takes place in West Park this weekend, 7th and 8th July 2007. The show runs from 11am to 6pm each day and admission is FREE.

NEWS: No through Metro service operating on Monday morning
Posted: 3rd June 2007
There will however be a truncated service operating between Wolverhampton and West Bromwich Central and a shuttle tram service operating between West Bromwich Central and the Hawthorns connecting with Central Trains.

NEWS: Full Service Unlikely To Be Resumed Over The Week End
Posted: 1st June 2007
TMM are unlikely to be operating a full tram service before Tuesday 5th June 2007. This is a complex and difficult project and whilst much progress has been made there is still much more to do.

NEWS: No Metro Services Into/Out of Birmingham Snow Hill
Posted: 31st May 2007
Travel Midland Metro services are only operating this morning from Wolverhampton St Georges to West Bromwich Central and return due to a vandal attack.

NEWS: Spring Bank Holiday Service
Posted: 22nd May 2007
The Metro will be running the following level of service over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend...



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