Designs for Dudley’s new bus and metro Interchange revealed

West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has released artist’s impressions of Dudley’s new £24 million bus and Metro interchange and confirmed work on the new building is expected to start in the winter.

The Interchange is part of the £450m Wednesbury to Brierley Hill Metro extension, which is set to offer rail connection for the town centre for the first time in decades. It replaces the current bus station in the town centre and will connect the new Metro with bus journeys.

Funded largely through the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement - formerly the Transforming Cities Fund - the project is part of the local authority’s ambitious £1bn regeneration programme for the borough.

Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands and WMCA Chair, said, "This Interchange will vastly improve public transport connections for town centre visitors and businesses – giving local people the more modern, convenient and environmentally friendly bus and tram facilities they deserve.

“This significant investment in public transport – the Metro is due to open next year – will improve services to Sandwell, Wolverhampton and Birmingham.

“Overall, the Interchange is very much supporting the wider regeneration of the town centre. Together with our support for the Portersfield development, the Institute of Technology and the Very Light Rail Innovation Centre, the WMCA playing its part in ensuring a bright future ahead for Dudley.”

Describing the current bus station in Dudley as tired and no longer fit for purpose. Street continued, "These new pictures show what a transformation this new interchange will bring – a clean, attractive, modern new space to help people get around the borough and the region.

"We hope to see work start in the winter and it is a key part of our £1 billion regeneration programme to change the skyline of Dudley forever and make it a more attractive place to work, live, and visit."