The rolling stock consists of sixteen T69 articulated two-section trams. Each tram has 3 entrances and 56 seats. Bicycles are not permitted.

Services run at 6 - 8 minute intervals during weekdays, but are less frequent in the evening and on Sunday. The typical journey time from Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton is 35 minutes.

The Midland Metro is more expensive than the bus service and so is less popular than anticipated. The current annual passenger footfall appears to have peaked at 5 million, barely one-third of that predicted at the planning stage.

Birmingham Snow Hill, St Pauls, Jewellery Quarter, Soho Benson Road, Winson Green Outer Circle, Handsworth Booth Street, the Hawthorns, Kenrick Park, Trinity Way, West Bromwich Central, Lodge Road West Bromwich Town Hall, Dartmouth Street; and

Dudley Street Guns Village, Black Lake, Wednesbury Great Western Street, Wednesbury Parkway, Bradley Lane, Loxdale, Bilston Central, The Crescent, Priestfield, The Royal, Wolverhampton St Georges

The extension will cost £127 million including £9 million already spent on the construction of a viaduct at Snow Hill Station (News Archive 17/03/10). Funding was confirmed in October 2010 (News Archive 21/10/10).

In November 2010, a bridge was installed above Great Charles Street Queensway as part of the planned extension (News Archive 30/11/10).

The route of the Midland Metro (red) through Birmingham and the route of the planned extension (purple) are shown on the map below.

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This map shows the route through Birmingham of the Midland Metro (red) and its planned extension to New Street Station (purple).

This website also contains a complete map of the Midland Metro Line.

Look here for detailed information about the route of the Midland Metro from Birmingham Snow Hill to the Middlemore Industrial Estate in Handsworth.