Since the overhead installation for the Blackpool Tramway extension began last month it has been taking place on the section where the new line connects with the old Prom line. This has seen overhead put in place on the south and north curves along with various span wires and frogs in preparation for trams both pantograph and trolley fitted. But now work is moving along Talbot Road with the first span wires now in place up to the new Premier Inn (on the site of the old Yates’ Wine Lodge). We take a look at those new wires – as well as a quick look at Wilko’s – in this latest pictorial update.
Looking from Talbot Square towards Premier Inn with span wires overhead.
The span wires get as far as halfway along the Premier Inn building.
Another view of the span wires along Talbot Road.
An image at Wilko’s showing the concrete in place below the rails. (All Photographs by Tony Armitage, 11th August 2021)