Category Archives: Blackpool Tramway

Blackpool Transport have confirmed that there are no plans for a split service to operate on the tramway during the first of three dates for the World Fireworks Championships on Saturday 13th September 2025. Although it is planned that trams … Continue reading →

Advertising on Blackpool’s modern trams has long been a thing of mystery – its been limited in its scope and then when an advert does appear it seems to be on the tram for extended periods, even when the contract … Continue reading →

As we’ve reported over the past few months there is now a concerted effort at Blackpool Transport to remove expired adverts from their trams and the latest tram which has had that attention is 004 which is now running in … Continue reading →

It seems that it is all systems go for the anticipated return of heritage trams to Blackpool Prom with news that two trams have been cleared to return to use during Lightpool which starts on 15th October 2025. Both the … Continue reading →

Last year when Blackpool’s famous Illuminations were switched on came the news that after 1900 on every night no trams would run along the newly opened extension to North Station. This was obviously met with consternation but the timetable which … Continue reading →

007 has become the second tram (plus those which have had other adverts applied) to have had long expired adverts removed after its second side was stripped of the NHS Donor campaign adverts during August 2025. We’d previously seen that … Continue reading →

Customer experience is one of the buzzwords in all industries in the 21st century and public transport has been no different. To help improve the experience of customers (or passengers as they once were) Blackpool Transport have recently created a … Continue reading →

The recent Blackpool Airshow may have resulted in a split service running on the Blackpool Tramway but that didn’t stop it being the busiest weekend of the year for the trams with over 50,000 trips recorded over both days.

With Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours currently looking at a phased reintroduction, with Illumination Tours due to start in October 2025 in time for Lightpool, a start has been made on the first part of the work needed. This has necessitated … Continue reading →

Blackpool Tramway Flexity2 014 has received its second full wrap, and like its first one it’s a very black advert with it now carrying vinyls for the Netflix series Wednesday – in a very similar design to that seen on … Continue reading →

It would appear that there is a concerted effort at Blackpool Transport to remove expired adverts from the trams as following on from 006 comes the news that 007 has lost one side of its ads too.

The modern Flexity2 trams in Blackpool have become rather attached to their adverts over the years, something which has aided identification of them from a distance a lot more straightforward considering how small the fleet numbers are! But one tram … Continue reading →

A slightly revised timetable will be operating on the Blackpool Tramway from Sunday 27th July 2025 with the aim of boosting punctuality. The basic pattern of service will remain but with a couple of extra minutes added to the end … Continue reading →