Bull Street tram stop

Coordinates: 52°28′55″N 1°53′47″W / 52.481995°N 1.896472°W

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Bull Street
West Midlands Metro tram stop
CAF Urbos 3 trams calling at Bull Street, in May 2016, looking towards Wolverhampton
General information
Location	Bull Street, Birmingham England
Coordinates	52°28′55″N 1°53′47″W / 52.481995°N 1.896472°W / 52.481995; -1.896472
Line(s)	Line 1 (Edgbaston Village – Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station)
Platforms	2
History
Opened	6 December 2015 (2015-12-06)

Bull Street tram stop is a tram stop on the West Midlands Metro tram system serving Bull Street in the Birmingham city centre, England. Construction started in June 2012,^[1] and it was opened on 6 December 2015, becoming the first stop of the city-centre extension to open, and the first on-street tram stop to operate in Birmingham since the closure of the Birmingham Corporation Tramways in 1953, and the temporary southern terminus of the service. The rest of the extension to Grand Central was opened on 30 May 2016,^[2] ^[3]^[4] and then onto Edgbaston Village in July 2022. Work started on a new line to Birmingham Moor Street in 2022 which will be gradually extended to the eventual terminus at Birmingham Airport. To allow for the new connection to be made it became necessary to temporarily terminate all trams at Bull Street.

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.^[5]

References

^ "Transport minister launches scheme to extend the Midland Metro to Birmingham New Street". Birmingham Post. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
^ "WATCH: Midland Metro trams head to Birmingham New Street for first time". Birmingham Mail. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "Birmingham City Centre Extension and Fleet Replacement". Centro. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ Walker, Jonathan (16 February 2012). "£128m Birmingham Midland Metro extension from Snow Hill Station to New Street Station set to create 1,300 jobs gets go-ahead". Birmingham Mail.net. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
^ "Midland Metro timetable". Network West Midlands. Retrieved 11 July 2019.

Preceding station		Midland Metro		Following station
St Chads		Line 1		Corporation Street

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West Midlands Metro

Operations

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

Stops

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)

Proposed extensions

East Birmingham extension	Birmingham Airport Lea Hall Small Heath
Brierley Hill Line extension	Brettell Lane Stourbridge

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