West Midlands Interchange

About

The UK’s largest rail served logistics development.

Background
West Midlands Interchange (WMI) will be the UK’s most nationally significant rail-served logistics development, offering 8m sq ft of flexible premium logistics facilities. The vision is built around a changing logistics world and the changing needs of the businesses that work within it.

The opportunity
West Midlands Interchange is the UK’s largest logistics development site, delivering world leading logistics warehousing within a strategic rail freight interchange. It will create up to 8,500 jobs, support the local community with two new Country Parks and provide sustainable foundations for the future of the logistics sector by replacing road freight for rail and producing 70% less carbon dioxide.

Construction of WMI will start in 2022 and it is expected to generate around £430m of local economic activity.

The stats
Location: South Staffordshire
Scale: 8 million sq ft
Programme: 2022 onwards
Planning status: Pre construction design and engagement

- The largest logistics site in the whole of the UK 
- Expected to generate £430m of local economic activity each year 
- Delivery of a new A5/A449 link road 
- Prime rail served logistics site Creation of c. 8500 jobs 
- Creation of two new Country Parks of 109 hectares
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