The West Midlands Metro is a passenger light rail line in the West Midlands conurbation in England, which opened in 1999. Its rolling stock consists of 21 CAF Urbos 3 trams which came into service in 2014/15, replacing the older T-69 trams which had operated the line since 1999. Urbos 3 & Urbos 100 A new fleet of 21 CAF Urbos 3 trams began to enter service in September 2014, they replaced the old T-69 fleet in 2015. In February 2012 Centro named CAF the preferred bidder for a contract to supply 19 to 25 Urbos 3 trams. A £40 million firm order for 20 was subsequently signed, with options for five more. The first of the new trams was unveiled at the Wednesbury depot in October 2013, with the first four entering service on 5 September 2014. The new fleet provided an increased service of 10 trams per hour in each direction, with an increased capacity of 210 passengers per tram, compared with the 156 passengers on the former T69 trams. The Urbos 3 trams are long; longer than the former T69 stock, and have a maximum operating speed of . They are low floor throughout, and consist of five sections with four articulations. Three of the modules are mounted on bogies and the other two modules are suspended. At wide, The Urbos 3 trams are slightly wider than the wide T69s. The line was closed for two weeks during March and April 2013, in order for the platforms on each of the stops to be narrowed by to accommodate the new trams. The T69s were modified with wider steps to be compatible with the narrower platforms. In 2016, it was announced that the Urbos 3 fleet would be fitted with rechargeable batteries to allow them to operate along various extensions of the Midland Metro network intended to be constructed without overhead lines. Tram 18 was the first to be fitted with batteries in 2017, with the final tram, number 26, being fitted by April 2020. Tram 31 was the first to receive the new blue livery and was relaunched on 16 July 2018. In May 2019, tram 19 was given a silver and blue livery with special logos to mark the 20th anniversary of the West Midlands Metro on 30 May 2019. It was given the full blue livery in February 2021. All trams now carry this livery.