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Category Archives: Blackpool Tramway
In Pictures: Fleetwood Tram Sunday
Having missed last year because of a poor weather forecast, and almost being cancelled outright this year before it was rescued, Fleetwood Tram Sunday took place on Sunday 21st July. Whilst not being the event it once was, it does … Continue reading
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In Pictures: Another entry into the longest tram in the UK!
A little while ago we featured a photo taken on the West Midlands Metro showing two trams coupled together as one was towed back to depot with a fault. At the time we mused that it didn’t happen that often … Continue reading
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Events this week…
Tractors, ghosts, birds and dinosaurs! Four things you wouldn’t expect to be linked but this week there are events including all at various heritage tram sites!
Events this week…
The next week ends with another hop-on, hop-off timetable in Blackpool whilst there is also the chance to see some Meccano as you take in the big trams at Beamish.
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More copies of Via Marton now available!
Earlier this year the latest Brian Turner book, Via Marton, was released and with only 100 copies printed there were lots of disappointed individuals who couldn’t get their hands on a copy. But fear not as there is now a … Continue reading
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Hop-on/Hop-off timetable to run for Fleetwood Tram Sunday
Fleetwood Tram Sunday returns this year and will be taking place on Sunday 21st July. Whilst the event is not the tram centric event that it once was, since the tramway upgrade Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours have usually run a … Continue reading
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Events this week…
There is another week of events to come which includes the latest special event at the East Anglia Transport Museum as they celebrate local bus fleets.
Blackpool Transport look for feedback into new tram timetable
Its only been running for just over two weeks but already Blackpool Transport are looking for feedback on the new timetable operating on the tramway. If you were being charitable you’d suggest that its good that they are willing to … Continue reading
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Rail Safety Week sees new tram safety campaign launched
Backed by the Light Rail Safety and Standards Board (LRSSB), a new national campaign has been launched to enhance pedestrian safety around trams and tramways in the UK. Both Edinburgh Trams and the Blackpool Tramway are the first to sign … Continue reading
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They’ve Run in 2024!
Time for another look at which heritage trams have run across the British Isles so far in 2024. Again there has been a little bit of movement since our last update with more trams running for the first time this … Continue reading
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In Pictures: B fleet Balloon used as B fleet Balloon!
Since the launch of the new Blackpool Tramway timetable following the opening of the Blackpool North Station extension there has been much debate (our comments section has never been so “popular”) about its effectiveness. Much of it has centred over … Continue reading
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Out and About: On Blackpool Promenade in February 2024
We have another trip to Blackpool Promenade for this latest edition of “Out and About”.
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Trams &: Blackpool 700 & bus
Today in “Trams &” we are heading back to the Blackpool Tramway.
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Events this week…
The next week is a fairly quiet one event wise but for Beamish its one of their two main transport events for the year taking place which is the highlight.
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What’s New on British Trams Online? 23rd June 2024
The opening of the UK’s newest section of tramway in Blackpool is the subject of this week’s set of photos:
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In Pictures: Normal services start on Blackpool’s North Station extension
Normal services are now underway on the newest section of open tramway in the UK with the first public service arriving at North Station on the morning of Sunday 16th June as planned. This follows several days of preview with … Continue reading
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Events this week…
After the excitement of openings in the last week we’re back to the more usual events over the next seven days or so…
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Boat 600 enters service in Blackpool
Another heritage tram has run in passenger service for the first time in 2024. This time the location is the Blackpool Tramway where their second operational Boat Car has returned to service – prototype 600.
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In Pictures: First passenger tram runs to North Station
Whether you take it as being 88 years (trams on Talbot Road) or 61 (trams to North Station) there’s no doubt its been a long time (and it seems for a lot of that we’ve been waiting for the thing … Continue reading
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Welcome to T1, T2 and T3 – the new era for the Blackpool Tramway
Sunday 16th June will mark a new era for the Blackpool Tramway as for the first time in 88 years trams will be running along Talbot Road on the extension to North Station (and the first time since 1963 that … Continue reading
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