PLEASE RESTORE MY SANITY by correcting this nonsense.
For over forty years, we have had a Metro tram scandal costing billions, both in price and in weight of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. And the very people - politicians and transport experts - who almost completely wiped out the UK's electric tram network in the 1950s, then set about one-third of the railway network to be given the same dozy, bulldozer treatment. Since 1981, they have been desperate to rebuild the tram network on the railway network to completely destroy two mainline railways and, to neglect the remnant 100 Kms of unused or freight-only Midlands railways - that remain forgotten and wasted.
It is taking many years to rebuild the three stations at Kings Norton, Kings Heath and Stirchley after that mainline railway between Brum and Bristol was also down for the tram treatment since the 1980s - reversed ten years ago to get trains back - hence the stations!
A second attempt to bring back trains between Wolverhampton and Walsall is also stuck in the doldrums for years. The first attempt, in the 00s failed, when not enough passengers used the trains. They preferred their cars and the good bus connection. This time, two new railway stations at Darlaston and Willenhall are being rebuilt on this same failed railway line - supposedly! It is taking many years - like the seven years for the 700 metre tram extension to connect the first Metro tramway with the bus station and the sole remaining railway station in Wolverhampton. 95% of the first mainline railway was used for trams.
The second mainline
has gone for a tramway, a VLR test track, an innovation centre, freight trains, a dog walkers' paradise of a cycle-walkway and fresh air.
TfWM are also planning a railway station at Tettenhall but that station is now called 'Cup Cakes' cafe on the 20 Kms Black Country Cycle-Walkway Active Travel Route! SEE: https://en.tripadvisor.com.hk/ShowUserReviews-g190762-d7214774-r896893637-Cupcake_Lane-Wolverhampton_West_Midlands_England.html
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