General Metro Thread

[karl724223]

Bostin place for a tram to break down this morning

[mikestone]

Tram 11 arriving at Sims Metals, Newport
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http://www.wnxx.com/22/2207/220722/11.htm

[Ginger66]

Tram 11 arriving at Sims Metals, Newport
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http://www.wnxx.com/22/2207/220722/11.htm

Wasn't this the tram that was supposed to be preserved at Birmingham museum 

[windy miller]

  A Metro tram conductor assured me back in mid june that another new tram was due to arrive soon,,,, presumably tram 46?... has there been any sign of it yet?

[DJ]

A Metro tram conductor assured me back in mid june that another new tram was due to arrive soon,,,, presumably tram 46?... has there been any sign of it yet?

They may have been getting mixed up with trams returning from off-site repairs, I did see one arrive back (presumably from CAF) on a low-loader the other day.

[Solo1]

They may have been getting mixed up with trams returning from off-site repairs, I did see one arrive back (presumably from CAF) on a low-loader the other day.

I think the rest of the new trams are due sometime in the  next year or 2

[Tony]

I think the rest of the new trams are due sometime in the  next year or 2

Yes, that's fairly obvious.

[Solo1]

A post on Facebook says tram 46 due this week 

[Ginger66]

According to E&S it looks like midland metro staff could be striking.  If they do strike it will be a kick in the teeth for its passengers who have endured hardly any services since late 2021 and services are now slowly getting back to normal with trams coming back in service after been repaired.  

The bosses should be frank with the staff that the customers have had no service due faulty trams and 'us' striking now will not go well done with passengers

[ellspurs]

Were the drivers paid their normal wages while the vehicles were inoperable?

[Ginger66]

Do you think the lines will be named once Digbeth - Birmingham and the other extensions come online.

[Stu]

Do you think the lines will be named once Digbeth - Birmingham and the other extensions come online.

I don't know, more likely just additional route numbers added.

The current line is referred to as 'MM1', though I'm sure I have previously seen this referenced as 'ML1'.

Certainly the old trams used to show a route number of 1 on the destination blind.

[2206]

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/birmingham/2022/09/28/west-midlands-metro-workers-to-strike-for-52-days-including-in-run-up-to-christmas-over-poverty-wages/

[Ginger66]

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/birmingham/2022/09/28/west-midlands-metro-workers-to-strike-for-52-days-including-in-run-up-to-christmas-over-poverty-wages/

Disgusting bosses should be frank and say we look at a better pay offer when the extensions open and when we offer a proper service to passengers.

[Dom]

Disgusting bosses should be frank and say we look at a better pay offer when the extensions open and when we offer a proper service to passengers.

And which extension is that then?