Tram suspension after hotel fire

Evening services on the Blackpool Tramway between North Pier and Cabin were suspended during the evening of Wednesday 10th January following a fire in a closed hotel close to the stop at Wilton Parade. The fire was first reported at 2030 in the former Ambassador Hotel with no trams able to run in service along this section of track until the end of service; replacement buses were put in place but they were unable to serve both Wilton Parade and Pleasant Street.