We’re back for the next few weeks with “Trams &” and we start off in Blackpool as we see the old and the new of two different transport modes meeting.
In this photo we take a look at the Fylde Transport Trust’s Blackpool Balloon 715 which was operating on Heritage Tram Tours during the 2022 Anniversary Weekend. The location is Cabin with the double decker calling at Cabin as it works a trip to Fleetwood. This was to be 715’s final weekend of public tours before withdrawal with it becoming a static display at Tramtown for the foreseeable future.
Looking across to the other side of the road and we see the “&” part of this image – a Blackpool Transport bus working a line 1 service to Starr Gate. The bus carries vinyls for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. It’s an ADL Enviro400 City and carries the Blackpool fleet number of 423.
Photograph by Gareth Prior, 24th September 2022