West Midlands Metro has been added many new trams to their fleet the Urbos 100 variety of the Urbos 3. Numbered from 39 up to 58. Tram 45 is carrying CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) adverts. At least two trams have been named in recent months during 2023.

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CBSO tram and other Urbos 100 trams added to the West Midlands Metro fleet


CBSO tram and other Urbos 100 trams added to the West Midlands Metro fleet


West Midlands Metro has been added many new trams to their fleet the Urbos 100 variety of the Urbos 3. Numbered from 39 up to 58. Tram 45 is carrying CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) adverts. At least two trams have been named in recent months during 2023.


Urbos 100 tram observations during 2023.

 

Don & Roy Richardson: West Midlands Metro tram 39

On the 1st April 2023, at Edgbaston Village Tram Stop on the Hagley Road. A ride of West Midlands Metro tram 39 to St Chad's Tram Stop. It has been named after Don & Roy Richardson.

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Getting off tram 39 at St Chad's Tram Stop on the 1st April 2023. It got way to full beyond Corporation Street, with West Bromwich Albion fans going to The Hawthorns, was glad to get off it.

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Tram 39 also seen on Broad Street on the 25th March 2023, opposite the Solomon Cutler Wetherspoon pub.

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Theresa Stewart: West Midlands Metro tram 40

Seen on the 31st March 2023 on Stephenson Street, near the Piccadilly Arcade was West Midlands Metro tram 40. Named after the late Theresa Stewart (1930-2020). The second tram to be named after her (previously the now scrapped T-69 Midland Metro tram 11 was in heritage livery and named after her). A blue plaque was unveiled in her memory, to be placed on her final home in June 2023.

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West Midlands Metro tram 41

On the 25th May 2023, was West Midlands Metro tram 41, near Victoria Square and the Birmingham Council House.

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West Midlands Metro tram 42

On the 29th January 2023, was West Midlands Metro tram 42 at Edgbaston Village Tram Stop.

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Tram 42 also seen at The Hawthorns Tram Stop on the 19th January 2023, heading for Wolverhampton.

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West Midlands Metro tram 43

On the 7th February 2023, West Midlands Metro tram 43 was seen at Wolverhampton St George's Tram Stop.

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West Midlands Metro tram 44

View from the Secret Garden at the Library of Birmingham of West Midlands Metro tram 44 at Library Tram Stop on the 1st June 2023.

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Video reel on Facebook.

 

Tram 44 also seen on the 26th January 2023 at Library Tram Stop, from the Secret Garden at the Library of Birmingham.

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CBSO: West Midlands Metro tram 45

Seen on the 1st June 2023, at Library Tram Stop in Centenary Square was West Midlands Metro tram 45, carrying the CBSO Birmingham, Make some noise! adverts! I then caught an X10 bus to Hagley Road in Edgbaston.

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Article published at Westside BID on the 6th June 2023: NEW PICTURE: photographer’s perfect timing captures CBSO tram on Centenary Square

 

Was hoping to get tram 45 from Edgbaston Village Tram Stop, but by the time I got off the X10 bus, the CBSO tram had already pulled out, and heading for the Five Ways underpass from Hagley Road to Broad Street!

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Two days later on the 3rd June 2023, I saw the CBSO West Midlands Metro tram 45 again, this time from the top deck of the no 24 bus stop at Paradise Circus.

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Earlier in the year, I caught tram 45 to Dudley Street Guns Village Tram Stop in West Bromwich on the 19th January 2023, but this was before it had the CBSO advert sponsorship on it.

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West Midlands Metro tram 46

From Pinfold Street on the 18th February 2023, was West Midlands Metro tram 46 heading to Edgbaston Village.

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About a week earlier on the 11th February 2023, I saw West Midlands Metro tram 46 at Town Hall Tram Stop near Victoria Square, contrasting the Urbos 3 tram 23 with Urbos 100 tram 46.

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West Midlands Metro tram 48

At The Hawthorns Tram Stop on the 19th January 2023, West Midlands Metro tram 48 arrives to pick me up and take me back into Birmingham.

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West Midlands Metro tram 51

Seen on the 28th May 2023, was West Midlands Metro tram 51, departing Town Hall Tram Stop near Victoria Square.

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West Midlands Metro tram 53

From the 28th May 2023 on Broad Street, Was West Midlands Metro tram 53 at Five Ways Tram Stop, close to the Five Ways Entertainment Complex and Cineworld.

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Photography by Elliott Brown