New Metro Link Would Keep Bia Flying High ; Council Urged to Rethink Tram Scheme After Runway Vote

Birmingham Post › December 17, 2008

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The expansion of Birmingham International Airport should kick- start the revival of a Metro tram link to the city centre, councillors said.

Plans to run a Metro line to the airport and NEC, along with two other lines, have been shelved due to the expense and a lack of political will to push them through.

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New Metro Link Would Keep Bia Flying High ; Council Urged to Rethink Tram Scheme After Runway Vote

But now city officials have been urged to use the expansion of Birmingham International Airport runway, confirmed by Solihull Council's pl...

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