Mothballed trams sold for scrap
The original Midland Metro tram fleet has reached the end of the line after being sold for scrap.
However, two of the cabs from the 15-strong fleet have been saved from an ignominious end by being found new homes.
Transport for West Midlands had offered the Ansaldo T69 trams for auction at the end of last year, but with no takers it was forced to sell 13 of them for scrap for £12,000.
Of the remainder, one cab, Tram 7, has been donated to UK Tram, the British tram industry body, with the other, Tram 11, heading for Birmingha... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
