The West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE), known as Centro and publicly branded as Network West Midlands, is a local government organisation (passenger transport executive) responsible for certain transport services in the West Midlands county in England.
Policies and budgets are set by the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority (WMITA), formerly known as the West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority (WMPTA). The Authority has 27 representatives appointed from the seven West Midlands metropolitan district councils (ten from Birmingham, three each from Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, and Wolverhampton, and two from Solihull).
Following a reorganisation in 2006, the Transport Authority and Executive are, for many purposes, a single entity.
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