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Locomotive & Light-Rail => Midland Metro => Topic started by: Stu on February 14, 2022, 06:56:27 PM

Title: East Birmingham & North Solihull extension
Post by: Stu on February 14, 2022, 06:56:27 PM
...is being delayed.

Disappointment as Solihull Metro expansion to NEC delayed - but alternatives being considered

Work on the new East Birmingham to Solihull line was due to start by 2024

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/disappointment-solihull-metro-expansion-nec-23041945

Oddly the article doesn't give any information as to why this plan is being postponed.

But this was surely the whole point of the Eastside extension, to eventually be extended into East Birmingham and North Solihull to connect to the airport and NEC?
Title: Re: East Birmingham & North Solihull extension
Post by: Ginger66 on February 14, 2022, 08:10:55 PM
The coventry rapid system is tipped to end up going towards the NEC with plans to integrate with Midland metro.