Bilston Central tram stop is a

tram stop A tram stop, tram station, streetcar stop, or light rail station is a place designated for a tram, streetcar, or light rail vehicle to stop so passengers can board or alight it. Generally, tram stops share most characteristics of bus stops, bu ...

Bilston Bilston is a market town in the City of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands County, West Midlands, England. It is in the Black Country, south east of Wolverhampton city centre and close to the borders of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, Sandwell ...

near

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands of England. Located around 12 miles (20 km) north of Birmingham, it forms the northwestern part of the West Midlands conurbation, with the towns of ...

, England. It was opened on 31 May 1999 and is situated on

West Midlands Metro The West Midlands Metro is a light-rail/tram system in the county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The network has List of West Midlands Metro tram stops, 33 stops with a total of of track; it currently consists of a single r ...

Line 1. The stop is in the brick-lined former Great Western Railway cutting in the centre of the town, and is next to Bilston bus station. The platforms here are staggered, with the Birmingham platform being further north than the Wolverhampton platform, this was made necessary by the narrowness of the cutting. The tram stop is a short distance to the north from the original

Bilston Central railway station Bilston Central railway station was a station on the Paddington station, London Paddington to Birkenhead via Birmingham Snow Hill railway station, Birmingham Snow Hill line. It was built in 1854 and served the town of Bilston in the West Midlan ...

which was situated on the

Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line The Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level Line was part of the Great Western Railway's to route. As the name suggests, it ran between Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton Low Level in England. The line was dual-gauged, both and ...

and closed in 1972.

Services

On Mondays to Fridays,

services in each direction between Edgbaston Village and Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station run at six to eight-minute intervals during the day, and at fifteen-minute intervals during the evenings and on Sundays. They run at eight minute intervals on Saturdays.

References

External links

Article on this Metro stop from Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands

Article on this Metro stop from thetrams.co.uk
Tram stops in Wolverhampton Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1999 Bilston {{UK-metro-stub