work starts on £138m metro depot expansion
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Work starts on £13.8m Metro depot expansion

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice Work starts on £13.8m Metro depot expansion

London - Arabstoday

Work has begun on a £13.8 million expansion of the Wednesbury Midland Metro depot. Centro, the Midlands’ transport authority, has awarded the contract to Morgan Sindall. The project will see the existing Metro Centre at Potters Lane updated ready to receive 20 new trams as part of the £128 million expansion of the line. Councillor Tom Ansell, lead member for rail and Metro for Centro, said: “This is an exciting development for the Midland Metro. “Morgan Sindall have been appointed to the job after a rigorous tendering procedure, having demonstrated a thorough understanding of their brief and approaching the whole process in a thorough and professional manner.” Jag Paddam, managing director of infrastructure at Morgan Sindall, said: “This is our first project for Centro and we look forward to working with them and delivering a project of which they can be proud. “We offered a range of value engineering approaches which were enthusiastically received by the customer and which will help to ensure both expectations and budgets are met.” The work consists of a 42 metre extension to the east of the existing maintenance shed along with additional maintenance births, four new stabling sidings and a separate testing and commissioning shed. There will also be also upgrades to the existing overhead line, infrastructure and communications, and a new substation will be constructed at Colliery Road, West Bromwich. It will create 15 new jobs once opened and work is scheduled for completion in summer 2013. The Midland Metro runs from Wolverhampton to Snow Hill station in Birmingham city centre via Bilston, Wednesbury and West Bromwich. It has 23 stops and operates a fast and frequent service with a tram every 6-8 minutes during the daytime peak and every 10 minutes at all other times. The government gave the final go-ahead in February for work to start on a 0.8 mile (1.4km) extension from Snow Hill to New Street station in the heart of Birmingham city centre which will also see a new tram fleet. Spanish tram manufacturer CAF has been chosen to supply up to 25 Urbos 3 trams in a deal worth in the region of £40 million. Once completed the expansion of the Metro will result in 1,300 new jobs and be worth £50 million a year in added GDP to the West Midlands regional economy. The first new tram is scheduled to come into service - on the existing line - in February 2014. The city centre extension with the full new tram fleet is scheduled to be in service from March 2015.

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

work starts on £138m metro depot expansion work starts on £138m metro depot expansion

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

work starts on £138m metro depot expansion work starts on £138m metro depot expansion

 



GMT 10:31 2014 Tuesday ,23 December

Mirages of failure: Lebanon cannot wait

GMT 09:26 2018 Tuesday ,23 January

France says it fell short on greenhouse gas emissions

GMT 07:31 2017 Tuesday ,19 September

Bahrain to develop 100 MW solar power plant

GMT 10:24 2017 Tuesday ,14 March

Sheikha Lubna: Parents have responsibility

GMT 05:14 2024 Wednesday ,07 February

Sophisticated Classic Dining Room Design Ideas

GMT 16:02 2017 Wednesday ,11 January

iflix signs multi-year deal with Pakistan’s Hum TV

GMT 17:18 2017 Wednesday ,15 February

Egyptian TV host Lubna Assal optimistic about future

GMT 08:45 2017 Monday ,17 July

Pakistan launches massive offensive

GMT 09:39 2017 Saturday ,01 July

British banking institutions suspend

GMT 07:05 2017 Thursday ,16 November

Terrorist involved in police bus explosion arrested

GMT 20:20 2012 Monday ,30 January

Ministry of Health signs contract with Wekaya

GMT 04:55 2016 Monday ,16 May

English Premier League leading scorers

GMT 17:23 2014 Saturday ,24 May

Weather forecast for world cities

GMT 23:34 2011 Tuesday ,13 December

Belhadj: Barça match is a celebration
 
 Emirates Voice Facebook,emirates voice facebook  Emirates Voice Twitter,emirates voice twitter Emirates Voice Rss,emirates voice rss  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

emiratesvoieen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen
emiratesvoice emiratesvoice emiratesvoice
emiratesvoice
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice