Birmingham Tram Edgbaston Extension Timelapse | Fare Structure & Zone Map | West Midlands Metro

The Edgbaston Extension is an extension from Library to Edgbaston Village, while the extension from Birmingham New Street to Library was opened earlier this year, not without controversies.
After many years of design, construction, delays, testing, and failures, the West Midlands Metro’s Edgbaston Extension was finally thrown open for public usage from July 2022, just ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

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The West Midlands Metro (originally named Midland Metro) is a light-rail/tram system in the county of West Midlands, England. Opened on 30 May 1999, it currently consists of a single route, Line 1, which operates between the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton via the towns of Bilston, West Bromwich and Wednesbury, running on a mixture of reopened disused railway line (the Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line) and on-street running in urban areas. The line originally terminated at Birmingham Snow Hill station but, with extensions opened in 2015, 2019 and 2022, now runs via Birmingham city centre to terminate at Edgbaston. A further extension in Wolverhampton is scheduled to open in 2022.

Construction of a new Line 2 & 3 from Wednesbury to Brierley Hill was approved in March 2019, started in February 2020 and was intended to be completed for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. However, delays in construction of the extension due to COVID-19 have delayed the project. A further extension will create a new Line 4 from Edgbaston to Curzon Street, Digbeth, Solihull or Chelmsley Wood and Birmingham Airport planned to open in phases in 2023 and 2024–2026.

Contactless payment cards are now accepted, though notes larger than £10 are not. Using a Swift card attracts a small discount, usually 10p.

As well as the above, West Midlands Metro accepts a range of interavailable Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) tickets such as nbus+Metro and nNetwork, which can be bought on buses and at railway stations, as well as on the trams.

Chapters
0:00 Opening Ceremony
0:41 Edgbaston Extension
2:04 Trams, Ticket Zones, Fares
3:35 Timelapse
6:16 Closing Ceremony