Trams to connect stations

Trains connecting Stourbridge's two main railway stations could be replaced by a gas-powered tram service which would operate seven days a week, experts have revealed.

Transport bosses want to extend the use of the tram, pioneered by Black Country firm Parry People Movers, to run the short journeys between Stourbridge town and Stourbridge Junction stations.

Trials of the Parry People Mover (PPM) have been held on the line, the shortest stretch of track in Europe, over the past year and has proved a success with passengers and bosses.

Members of the Centro-Passenger Transport Authority are now urging rail companies bidding to take over operations from Central Trains to draw up plans which would offer hundreds of Stourbridge passengers using the line each day such a service.

They want the current heavy-rail service which runs the route replaced with something more efficient.