 Mass council housing development in Wolverhampton continued into the 1930s, mostly in the north of the city in the Oxley and Wobaston areas and on the new Scotlands Estate in the north-east.However, council house building halted in 1940 following the outbreak of World War II in September the previous year.Wolverhampton St George's (in the city centre) is now the northern terminus for the Midland Metro light rail system.