A view from an office tower of Bull Street, Birmingham, where construction is under way for the Metro extension.
The Birmingham City Centre Extension (BCCE) will take Midland Metro from its current terminus at Snow Hill and extend it into the heart of the city to New Street Station. This route ensures that high quality public transport links serve and support the 'Gateway' scheme and maximise the benefits of the regeneration of the station and the surrounding area in a deliverable and affordable way. The proposed route runs for kilometres through Birmingham city centre continuing from the existing track south of the current St Paul's tram stop. A new stop to be called Snow Hill will be constructed on the existing railway viaduct at Livery Street/Lionel Street. This stop will provide interchange with national and local rail services at Snow Hill Station using the secondary access, and access to the neighbouring Ballymore development and those in the nearby Gun Quarter and Great Charles and Lionel Streets. From the Snow Hill stop, the route leaves the existing Metro corridor and continues on a newly constructed viaduct through the Ballymore Development adjacent to Snow Hill Station and then onstreet along Colmore Circus Queensway, into Bull Street before turning onto Corporation Street across New Street and into Stephenson Street. A stop will be located on Stephenson Street providing interchange with New Street Station.
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Location: Bull Street, Birmingham, UK
Photo credit: © David Warren / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: birmingham, bull, construction, extension, metro, street
