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  1. ellbrown

    West Midlands Metro trams going blue 2019

    The cross over track outside of Library Tram Stop in Centenary Square.
  2. ellbrown

    Colmore Row

    Victoria House - 114 - 116 Colmore Row is now a bar called The Colmore. This was last used as a bank (Lloyds TSB) but had been closed for years. New Year's Eve.
  3. ellbrown

    West Midlands Metro trams going blue 2019

    One last tram photo from 2019. New Year's Eve, 31st December 2019. From Victoria Square, saw tram 18 "Just Eat" at Town Hall Tram Stop.
  4. ellbrown

    West Midlands Metro trams going blue 2019

    There is some footpaths along the line in the Black Country. In the West Bromwich area for instance. Yes from Snow Hill, Birmingham to Priestfield, Wolverhampton.
  5. ellbrown

    West Midlands Metro trams going blue 2019

    I assume the driver presses a button. They lower or raise the pantograph at Grand Central Tram Stop.
  6. ellbrown

    West Midlands Metro trams going blue 2019

    They have got cross over track near certain tram stops. When a tram breaks down, the stops beyond the broken down tram can't be reached until they remove it. Cross over track at Priestfield in Wolverhampton. If trams can't go beyond Priestfield (i.e to Wolvehampton St George's) the trams...
  7. ellbrown

    Metro progress 2019

    Wolverhampton Metro extension as of late December 2019. As with my last visit in March 2019, the tracks don't go further than Railway Drive, at least until the Wolverhampton Railway Station redevelopment is completed. Only then can they lay more tracks closer to the station. The extension...
  8. ellbrown

    West Midlands Metro trams going blue 2019

    Tram 30 is fully blue with no adverts. Tram 18 has the red Just Eat adverts. As David says it for an app. Tram 19 has the 20th anniversary livery. Assume that will be taken off sometime in 2020, then go fully blue?
  9. ellbrown

    West Midlands Metro trams going blue 2019

    Priestfield Tram Stop Tram 18 (I missed catching this one). Tram 30 Tram 32 (I got this one to Bull Street).
  10. ellbrown

    West Midlands Metro trams going blue 2019

    Bilston Road, Wolverhampton. Tram 19 Tram 18 Tram 32
  11. ellbrown

    Paradise Circus

    Paradise Circus from the Library of Birmingham, November 2019, during tram testing. Tram on a test. From the end of Paradise Street, a few days before the tram extension went into public use. Early December 2019. Tram now in service taking passengers from Library towards Town Hall.
  12. ellbrown

    West Midlands Metro trams going blue 2019

    Some blue West Midlands Metro photos from my latest visit to Wolverhampton. First up at Grand Central in Birmingham. Wolverhampton St George's. From Ring Road St George's. More later from the Bilston Road and Priestfield.
  13. ellbrown

    Paradise development 2019

    Are you setting up a 2020 thread? As I think that One Centenary Way will be starting soon. It's the site to the right of Paradise Street near Paradise Circus. Photo taken on the 21st December 2019.
  14. ellbrown

    Victoria Square

    No, that was 8 years ago, it's not back yet. The tram line goes through where it used to be. Still in storage.
  15. ellbrown

    The Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery

    They opened on the 5th December 2019. Website here https://www.birmingham-cag.uk/
  16. ellbrown

    Birmingham Municipal Bank

    The Municipal Bank seen from the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, shortly before heading up the Salvage Turn Bridge to The Mailbox.
  17. ellbrown

    Eagle And Tun Pub

    What about the Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings near Bromsgrove?
  18. ellbrown

    The Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery

    I saw The Birmingham Contemporary Art Gallery above the Legoland Discovery Centre Birmingham at Arena Birmingham. Assume this new art gallery is opening soon.
  19. ellbrown

    St Vincent Street Bridge

    Probably Alan. But it's all fence off now of course. Although at Ladywood Middleway you have access to the Birmingham Canal Navigations Mainline. At St Vincent Street just to a muddy path. Even the road leading down from Summer Hill Street had a big puddle in the middle. This is the section of...
  20. ellbrown

    St Vincent Street Bridge

    There is steps going down near the St Vincent Street Bridge in Ladywood. Also an open path from Summer Hill Street. The steps are open. Close up look at the steps. There is a primary school close to this site. Nelson Primary School. The steps leads to a path that goes towards St Mark's...
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