Did you know that in 34 years, you and your predecessors have opened only one Metro tram line out of a dozen or so that you wanted and spent much taxpayers' money trying to get? Did you know that that one line finally gets completed this year?
Did you know about the 72 Km of freight lines in Brum and the Black Country that all had passenger trains for 100 years until 50 years ago?
Do you not think that they need top priority over tram lines with which you have failed to deliver any(apart from the one on a rail line you should never have closed) over these last 34 years?
Do you not think that chronic road and rail congestion at and around New Street Station could be alleviated by re-opening the Black Country Rail Line for inter-urban and local trains through the heart of three Black Country boroughs? Ideally, extending it to Lichfield, of course on NCR 5.
Why not take some of the pressure off New Street Shopping Centre and Station? In this way, you would improve the passenger experience in giving us the choice, in the Black Country, of going to London and Scotland by either the Black Country or by Brum. We would have a direct connection to the south and north of the UK by going via the Black Country boroughs on our own reinstated inter-city line!
Increasing rail capacity cannot wait until 2026 and HS2!
Did you know that all of that is about to be lost with VERY LIGHT TRAMS being introduced on only 2 Km of the 21 Km Black Country Line? Read more in my 'Horrible History ...'.
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