Corporation Street tram stop
{{Short description|West Midlands Metro tram stop}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Corporation Street
| symbol_location = birmingham
| symbol = birmingham
| symbol_location2 = gb | symbol2 =
| type = West Midlands Metro tram stop
| image = Corporation Street tram stop (1) May19.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Tram calling at the southbound platform at Corporation Street stop, the northbound platform is to the left of the tram.
| address = Corporation Street
| borough = Birmingham
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.4798|-1.8972|type:landmark_region:GB-BIR|display=inline,title}}
| line = Line 1 (Edgbaston Village – Wolverhampton St George's/Wolverhampton Station)
| platforms = 2
| opening =
| opened = {{Start date|2016|05|30|df=y}}
| closed =
| passengers = N/A
| pass_year =
}}
Corporation Street tram stop is a tram stop on Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro serving Corporation Street, a major thoroughfare in Birmingham City Centre, England.
Government approval for the extension from Snow Hill to Grand Central was given on 16 February 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2012/02/16/128m-birmingham-midland-metro-extension-from-snow-hill-station-to-new-street-station-set-to-create-1-300-jobs-gets-go-ahead-97319-30343973/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803214416/http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2012/02/16/128m-birmingham-midland-metro-extension-from-snow-hill-station-to-new-street-station-set-to-create-1-300-jobs-gets-go-ahead-97319-30343973/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 August 2012 |title=£128m Birmingham Midland Metro extension from Snow Hill Station to New Street Station set to create 1,300 jobs gets go-ahead |first=Jonathan |last=Walker |work=Birmingham Mail.net |date=16 February 2012 |accessdate=16 February 2012 }} It was opened on 30 May 2016.{{cite web|title=WATCH: Midland Metro trams head to Birmingham New Street for first time|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/watch-midland-metro-trams-head-11401867|publisher=Birmingham Mail|accessdate=20 May 2016|date=30 May 2016}}
The stop only has a shelter on the northbound side. The southbound side has no shelter presumably because at the time it was the penultimate stop before the terminus at Grand Central.
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.{{cite web|title=Midland Metro timetable|url=https://journeyplanner.networkwestmidlands.com/Timetables/Download/cen_01MM1_%20_H_y11_15/15/West%20Midlands%20Metro_MM1/False?_ga=2.213757213.808157522.1562880704-355056203.1562880704|publisher=Network West Midlands|accessdate=11 July 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080207164413/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/twa/ir/midlandmetrobirminghamcityce5654?page=5 Midland Metro (Birmingham City Centre Extension Etc) Order - Inspector's Report]
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Category:Tram stops in Birmingham, West Midlands
Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2016
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