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Walked down Trafalgar Road from Moseley to the Moseley Road in Balsall Heath again, and got this view from the back of the office range of the former Tram Depot in Balsall Heath. If the School of Art was restored, why not this building? Surely the Creation Climbing Centre could take it over.
Library Tram Stop yesterday afternoon
Tram 33 Vixen arrives.
Tram 36 Rudolph was already there but it was about to depart.
Vixen name on the tram
Full view towards Ice Skate Birmingham and the Library of Birmingham.
I got more exteriors on 01/01/2020 and visited them on 04/01/2020. They were very nice.
Closed on New Year's Day
Steps near Legoland Discovery Centre (below)
They have colour coded the seats purple and green. I think green is for disabled and OAP's. They feel OK. Prefer the seats on trains or the Platinum buses.
Wheelchairs goes here
Near Morrisons on the Hagley Road in Edgbaston. The line will leave the underpass. Looks like it will go onto the pavement from what I can see from Morrisons. Bus stops removed. And will go as far as 54 Hagley Road.
Expect the Midlands Metro Alliance people to be back on site from Monday...
Graham Young had written another Birmingham Mail article. Closes today.
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/its-tears-beers-doomed-historic-17510978
Found this new view towards the Sealife Centre and Brindleyplace from the balcony area in front of The Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery (closed New Year's Day).
No problem. I'm waiting for them to remove the fences in Chamberlain Square, is a bit hard to see anything behind them.
It's changed so much since all the old concrete buildings were demolished.
Might be best to wait a few months with One Centenary Way, as it hasn't started rising yet.
Happy New Year 2020.
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery was closed on New Year's Day 2020 as I tried to take a view of Chamberlain Square, still hidden behind the fences.
The public realm on Centenary Way towards Centenary Square is now open. Is some new trees on the new flower beds. Towards...
Edit. This thread is to record the development and progress of the Metro. For general, day-to-day comments about the Metro there is a thread here:
https://birminghamhistory.co.uk/forum/index.php?threads/west-midlands-metro-trams-2020.51167/
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The state of...