Monthly Archives: April 2015

Balloon 715 goes back to the ’90s!

Posted on Thursday 2 April 2015 by Andrew Waddington

The Blackpool Heritage Trust have provided a welcome update on progress with the work to return Balloon car 715 to active service for use on heritage tours this year. Although work has slipped slightly behind schedule, work is progressing well, … Continue reading →

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Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours announce Easter output

Posted on Thursday 2 April 2015 by Andrew Waddington

The provisional output of heritage trams in Blackpool for the four day Easter Bank Holiday weekend has now been revealed, and we are pleased to reproduce this below. A total of twelve different historic trams are scheduled to see use … Continue reading →

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Gateshead 52 moves in

Posted on Wednesday 1 April 2015 by Andrew Waddington

Monday 22nd March was an important day in the life of one of the most unfortunate preserved trams in the country – Gateshead 52. Since being moved from the National Tramway Museum store at Clay Cross to a new home … Continue reading →

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Volunteers keep heritage tram tours running

Posted on Wednesday 1 April 2015 by Andrew Waddington

“Staff shortage” – probably the two most dreaded words to impact upon the Blackpool tramway in the last couple of years. Understandably, whenever these two words rear their collective ugly head, the heritage tours have often suffered as Blackpool Transport … Continue reading →

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Passengers remain satisfied with the UK’s tramways

Posted on Wednesday 1 April 2015 by Gareth Prior

Transport Focus – formerly Passenger Focus – carried out the second annual Tram Passenger Survey in Autumn 2015 and the results have recently been released showing that 90% of those questioned remain satisfied with the overall tram service with passengers … Continue reading →

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