Category Archives: Blackpool Tramway

Blackpool Transport have announced that plans for an upgrade of the Rigby Road Depot site – which is due to include the installation of new equipment for the introduction of electric buses as well as the restoration of the tram … Continue reading →

As another year draws to a close (and another year without trams running up Talbot Road clicks by) there does remain some work taking place at around the new tram terminus as preparations are made for when services do begin.

Blackpool’s Flexity2 003 is back in fleet livery for the first time in over five years after its advertising vinyls for Pretty Little Thing were removed. The change to the tram occurred in the first full week of December and … Continue reading →

If you regularly visit Blackpool you may notice over the past year or so there has been activity within the Little Bispham loop. Local volunteers led by Cllr Paul Galley have been working on tidying up the grassed area and … Continue reading →

For the first time in a number of years the Blackpool Tramway will be running a service on both Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. This news comes as Blackpool Transport announce their Christmas and New Year period services on … Continue reading →

With Brush Cars in the news again recently following the move of the Fylde Transport Trust’s 634 from Blackpool to the East Anglia Transport Museum we now take a look at what could be described as the forgotten Blackpool Brush … Continue reading →

With the Blackpool Tramway having operated a more reduced service throughout 2023 than had been seen previously (particularly pre-pandemic) the 18 strong fleet of Flexity2 trams has had a fair amount of spare capacity this year. This has led to … Continue reading →

Plans for the development of Tramtown at Blackpool Transport’s Rigby Road have moved a step forward after Blackpool Council’s Planning Committee approved the plans for the overall project – paving the way for work to start on repairing and upgrading … Continue reading →

Although we aren’t expecting any real progress on trams returning to Blackpool North Railway Station on the Blackpool Tramway until at least next spring, there is still work ongoing around the new tram terminus. As well as the hotel, contractors … Continue reading →

The project to fit the modern Flexity2 trams in Blackpool with ODAS equipment has been continuing in recent weeks with a further three trams now having received the cameras required for the system to work. 004, 009 and 015 have … Continue reading →