West Bromwich Central tram stop is a

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in the town centre of

West Bromwich West Bromwich ( ), commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is northwes ...

in the West Midlands,

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. It was opened on 31 May 1999 and is situated on West Midlands Metro Line 1. It occupies the site of the former West Bromwich railway station on the

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line from Birmingham Snow Hill to Wolverhampton Low Level. The town's main shopping centres are opposite the tram stop, along with the town's main

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and Sandwell College's main campus. In 2015/16 it was the most heavily used intermediate stop on Line 1. The area's railway heritage is commemorated by a pair of railway locomotive wheels, preserved next to a footpath adjacent to the stop.

Services

On Mondays to Fridays, West Midlands Metro 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

Article on this Metro stop from Rail Around Birmingham & the West Midlands
Tram stops in Sandwell West Bromwich Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1999 {{UK-tram-stub