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.
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] |
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
editOn 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
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- ^ "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
edit- Article on this Metro stop from Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands
- Article on this Metro stop from thetrams.co.uk
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