Midland Metro announces Easter closure

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There will be no tram services between Birmingham and Wolverhampton over Easter to allow work to be carried out on  the system’s £128 million extension.

The line will be shut after the last tram on Good Friday (March 29) and reopen on Monday April 15 to allow engineers to modify existing platforms for the £40 million fleet of bigger CAF trams.

The new fleet of 20 trams will be in operation by 2015.

The city centre extension will run from Snow Hill Station, along Upper Bull Street, Corporation Street and Stephenson Street where it will stop outside New Street Station which is currently undergoing a £600 million rebuild, also due for completion in 2015.

Paul Griffiths, Centro’s metro programme director, said: “We appreciate that the closure will cause disruption for passengers but it is the only way we can carry out the work.

“We have chosen the Easter period because many people take the school break off work which means fewer passengers will be affected.

“Deferring the engineering work until the school summer holidays would jeopardise the build programme for the city centre extension and the deployment schedule for the new trams.”

The extension will also serve as a platform for future Metro routes such as to the city’s forthcoming high-speed rail terminal and Centenary Square.

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