Bilston Central tram stop

West Midlands Metro tram stop

Bilston Central
West Midlands Metro tram stop
Bilston Central tram stop
General information
Location	Bilston Wolverhampton England
Line(s)	Line 1 (Edgbaston Village – Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station)
Platforms	2
History
Opened	31 May 1999
Passengers

2015/16	Approx. 3,000 daily^[1]

Bilston Central tram stop is a tram stop in Bilston near Wolverhampton, England. It was opened on 31 May 1999 and is situated on West Midlands Metro Line 1.

The stop is in the brick-lined former Great Western Railway cutting in the centre of the town, and is next to Bilston bus station. The platforms here are staggered, with the Birmingham platform being further north than the Wolverhampton platform, this was made necessary by the narrowness of the cutting.

The tram stop is a short distance to the north from the original Bilston Central railway station which was situated on the Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line and closed in 1972.

Services

On Mondays to Fridays, West Midlands Metro services in each direction between Edgbaston Village and Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station run at six to eight-minute intervals during the day, and at fifteen-minute intervals during the evenings and on Sundays. They run at eight minute intervals on Saturdays.^[2]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bilston Central tram stop.

^ "2016 West Midlands Travel Trends Covering Report" (PDF). West Midlands Combined Authority. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ "Midland Metro timetable". Network West Midlands. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

External links

Article on this Metro stop from Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands
Article on this Metro stop from thetrams.co.uk

Preceding station		Midland Metro		Following station
Loxdale		Line 1		The Crescent

West Midlands Metro

Operations

Operators	National Express Midland Metro Transport for West Midlands
Vehicles	T-69 Urbos 3

Stops

Line One	Bilston Central Black Lake Bradley Lane Brindleyplace Bull Street Corporation Street Dartmouth Street Dudley Street, Guns Village Edgbaston Village Five Ways Grand Central ( New Street) Handsworth, Booth Street Jewellery Quarter Kenrick Park Library Lodge Road, West Bromwich Town Hall Loxdale Pipers Row Priestfield Soho, Benson Road St Chads (Snow Hill) St Paul's The Crescent (Bilston) The Hawthorns The Royal Town Hall Trinity Way Wednesbury, Great Western Street Wednesbury Parkway West Bromwich Central Winson Green, Outer Circle Wolverhampton Station Wolverhampton St George's

Line One

Planned extensions

Westside extension	Adderley Street (2023) Birmingham Curzon Street (2023)
Wolverhampton Loop	Birmingham New Road (2023) Brierley Hill (2023) Canal Street (2023) Castle Hill (2023) Cinder Bank (2023) Dudley Port (2023) Dudley Town Centre (2023) Flood Street (2023) Golds Hill (2023) Great Bridge (2023) Horseley Road (2023) Merry Hill (2023) New Road (2023) Pedmore Road (2023) Sedgley Road (2023) Tipton Road (2023) Waterfront (2023)