Tram services began running on May 30 to Birmingham’s New Street station as the city centre extension opened.
Centro, is responsible for the extension which sees trams running through the city centre for the first time since they were withdrawn in 1953.
The Midland Metro runs between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, serving locations such as the Jewellery Quarter, West Bromwich, Wednesbury and Bilston.
The extension to New Street is part of a £128 million (EUR 168 million) project that has also seen the purchase of a new 21-strong fleet of Urbos 3 trams, a refurbished depot at Wednesbury and a new stop at Snow Hill station.
It will deliver more than three million people a year directly into the heart of Birmingham’s main shopping district.
The extension was built by construction group Balfour Beatty.
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