From November 13, all West Midlands Tram services between Wolverhampton and Birmingham will be suspended until further notice. This news has sparked outrage among Birmingham residents. The news has come straight out of nowhere with the managers blaming the discovery of a number of cracks on the trams similar to an issue earlier in the year
The shutdown starts today (Saturday 13th November) with no published date for the service to restart, but no trams will run for at least four weeks taking users to the middle of December
Cllr Phil Bateman, (Lab, Wednesfield North) said: “We deserve to have a full statement including verification of the makers of the steel that the cracks have been found on.
“The cost will be eye watering and the questions must be asked of the Mayor, as to who will be carrying the cost of this failure? Besides the tram customers.”
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