Metro Accelerating Change For International Women’S Day

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2025, West Midlands Metro has hosted a special event to honour the contributions of female colleagues, acknowledging their crucial role within the business and the wider community.

The event focussed on exploring ways to create more opportunities for women within the organisation and the communities it serves, in line with this year’s IWD theme, #Accelerate Change.

Sophie Allison, Managing Director of Metro and the organisation’s first female leader expressed her pride in the tram network’s commitment to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity.

“Transport has traditionally been a male-dominated sector, but this has transformed in recent years with a significant number of women establishing themselves in a variety of roles, as tram drivers and light rail engineers to senior managers, as well as key customer-facing positions,”

“We can’t afford to be complacent. It’s essential that we continuously explore ways to encourage more women to take advantage of the rewarding career opportunities available in Metro and the wider light rail sector.”

The event took place at the Wednesbury depot today (March 10) on the Monday following International Women’s Day which was on Saturday, March 8. It featured motivational presentations from notable guests, including Dal Kalirai, Chief Executive of Women in Transport, and Katie Newell from Black Country Women’s Aid, which was recently selected by the Metro team as its charity of the year.

“This special event proved inspirational for the women who already contribute so much to Metro’s success and, at the same time, explored ideas on removing the barriers that women can face at work and across society in general,” said Sophie.