Commonwealth Games railway station will now be finished earlier than planned, says transport group

By Jordan Marshall2018-09-10T06:00:00

Scheme at Perry Barr was set to complete just months before start of 2022 event

Worries about work to redevelop a train station not being completed in time for the start of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham have eased, a West Midlands transport group has said.

At the July meeting of the West Midlands Combined Authority’s (WMCA) transport delivery committee, the overhaul of Perry Barr station was given an ‘amber/red’ risk rating meaning successful delivery was in doubt.

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