West Midlands Metro line 2 will start at near Wednesbury Great Western Street Tram Stop (next to the West Midlands Metro tram depot).

It will follow track bed towards Dudley, leaving for street level onto Castle Hill.

Phase 1 is being built to Dudley, phase 2 (if it happens) will be built towards Brierley Hill.

Dudley

December 2022 -

The track bed can be seen from the bridge on Tipton Road, it leads back towards Wednesbury. The other side of this bridge, the Metro line will be built around Very Light Rail, going onto Trindle Road at Castle Hill.

Dudley Metro Extension (December 2022). Photography by Elliott Brown

The site around Very Light Rail is being prepared, while the current tracks at Castle Hill ends on Trindle Road.

Dudley Metro Extension (December 2022). Photography by Elliott Brown

Beyond Very Light Rail, the Midland Metro Alliance had laid tracks during 2022 on Castle Hil, near The Station Hotel and the former Dudley Hippodrome.

Dudley Metro Extension (December 2022). Photography by Elliott Brown

From the Dudley Hippodrome, the line on Castle Hill passes Dudley Zoo & Castle, also past the former Odeon Dudley (now Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses), Genting Casino, before leaving Castle Hill near Dudley Central Mosque (formerly St Edmund's Church of England School, Dudley) at Birmingham Street.

Dudley Metro Extension (December 2022). Photography by Elliott Brown

More information

Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro Extension