Bull Street tram stop

Bull Street
Bull Street
Midland Metro tram stop
	CAF Urbos 3 trams calling at Bull Street, in May 2016, looking towards Wolverhampton
Location	Bull Street, Birmingham; England
Coordinates	52°28′55″N 1°53′47″W / 52.481995°N 1.896472°WCoordinates: 52°28′55″N 1°53′47″W / 52.481995°N 1.896472°W
Line(s)	Line 1 (Birmingham – Wolverhampton)
Platforms	2
History
Opened	6 December 2015

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]

Services[]

Mondays to Saturdays, West Midlands Metro services in each direction between Library and Wolverhampton St George's run at six to eight-minute intervals during the day, and at fifteen-minute intervals during the evenings and on Sundays.^[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. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

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

[1] "Transport minister launches scheme to extend the Midland Metro to Birmingham New Street". Birmingham Post. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2015.

[bmailMMtrams-2] "WATCH: Midland Metro trams head to Birmingham New Street for first time". Birmingham Mail. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[3] "Birmingham City Centre Extension and Fleet Replacement". Centro. Archived from the original on 1 March 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

[4] 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.

[5] "Midland Metro timetable". Network West Midlands. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2015.

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