... where we left off....
I didn't have time to have a proper look around, but it seemed that there were just a couple of seats per bus stand (one of the big problems with the old station).
bilverkstad info
You can read the full story here:Wolverhampton Midland Metro extension set to begin in two years
A £30 million Midland Metro extension in Wolverhampton is planned to get under way between 2015 and 2019.
And a £90 million second line from Wednesbury to Dudley is also on a wish list drawn up by transport bosses, who want to split up the long-awaited link between Wednesbury and Brierley Hill.
But hopes of re-opening a rail link between Wolverhampton and Walsall are effectively shelved until at least 2019, it has emerged.
The Wolverhampton Metro loop is second on a list of the priorities drawn up by transport authority Centro but is entirely dependent on getting funding in “challenging” circumstances.
The Black Country has £27.6m for transport schemes coming from the Government between 2015 and 2018 while Birmingham will get £35.8m.
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/...oad-closure-on-way-to-allow-repair-of-panels/Wolverhampton ring road closure on way to allow repair of panels
A section of Wolverhampton’s ring road will be shut for five nights to repair glass panels destroyed in seconds of mindless vandalism. The panels were individually made as part of a £1.8 million footbridge installed as part of the city’s £22.5m bus station development in 2011.
But thugs destroyed two of the panels last August and they have yet to be replaced because the glass has to be made to order.
Another was smashed in January. The footbridge was built alongside the existing car and pedestrian bridge in Railway Drive that leads to Wolverhampton rail station.
Eventually the old bridge will become used only by cars and trams if a £30 million extension of the Midland Metro in Wolverhampton city centre goes ahead.
The ring road from Broad Street to Bilston Island will be closed in both directions, for five nights from Monday, April 22 to Friday, april 26 between 7pm and 6am for the footbridge glass to be repaired.
Councillor Peter Bilson, Wolverhampton City Council’s deputy leader said: “We need to close the ring road as we cannot risk debris falling onto passing traffic below.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-22221906Wolverhampton to feature in Monopoly board game
A new version of the board game Monopoly is to be based on the city of Wolverhampton.
Residents are being given the chance to nominate the 22 landmarks and locations which will be included in the edition.
The game was first released in the US in 1935 and is now available in 43 different languages.
Voting ends on 24 May and suggestions can be submitted to the game's producers via Facebook and email. It is due to be released in October.
Some of the Community Chest and Chance cards will be also be customised to reflect the local area.
Full Article Here:"Two years’ of Wolverhampton roadworks for extension to Midlands Metro"
Transport bosses have been wanting to extend the tram system for years and have plans to eventually loop it around Wolverhampton city centre at a cost of £30m.
The first phase would see the route extended less than half a mile and would connect the existing St George’s Metro terminus in Bilston Street with the bus station in Piper’s Row and the city’s rail station – a journey that can take around seven minutes to walk.
And it will result in two years of disruption as work takes place to build it from early 2015 – subject to the Government providing the money. The public and businesses are now being invited to give their views on the plans in a consultation.
Centro, the region’s transport authority, believes the scheme will support the planned redevelopment of land next to the rail station which is expected to see £100 million of investment and 1,400 new jobs if new offices, a hotel and bars are created along with a revamp of the station itself.
As someone who uses the station daily i am utterly, stupendously delighted. It is an awful station in just about every way one can imagine. The entrance/exit, more than anything is so spectacularly stupid. Surficed to say that when just 1 larger train unloads it is a nightmare. Oh please please please let this happen.Virgin Trains are to invest millions of pounds in Wolverhampton Railway Station - something which I believe they do NOT have to do as part of their franchise. This is brilliant.
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/...ns-of-pounds-for-wolverhampton-train-station/
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/22/wh-smith-to-shut-branch-in-wolverhampton-mander-centre/WH Smith to shut Wolverhampton Mander Centre branch shedding 20 jobs
The announcement comes just weeks after it was revealed 10 staff lost their jobs with the closure of the CD and DVD shop That’s Entertainment, which also decided against negotiating a new lease in the adjourning Wulfrun Centre.
I didn't realise - I'm sure I was only there a month or so ago. Oh well, at least I bought a stack of cheap CDs whilst it was there, plus there's the smaller but well stocked That's Entertainment at Merry Hill.TE's been gone for weeks now Butters.