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Last Updated Sunday 1st June 2008

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SUMMER TIMETABLE COMMENCES IN BLACKPOOL
Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramway – Sunday 1st June 2008

The 2008 summer season timetable started on Monday 26th May and is practically the same as that operated in 2007.

The timings are more or less the same as the Spring timetable it replaces with a 20 minute frequency on Fleetwood to Starr Gate and the same on Cleveleys to Pleasure Beach (and it really is Pleasure Beach this time!) – the Cleveleys service operates late now as well instead of the 1900 end.

Currently the Fleetwood service is operated by double deckers during the day before switching to single deckers whilst the Cleveleys service does the reverse. The timetable will operate into September. (The timetable is available on the Blackpool Transport website, link below)


A view of recently repainted Balloon 715 in the Metro Coastlines Light Blue and Yellow livery. The tram is not scheduled to join the reserve fleet until July and then the operational fleet in July but when it does it will look resplendent in these colours. It was captured at the Depot in April.
Photo: Keith Brierley

Source: Blackpool Transport



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