And just like that the last of expired adverts from operational Flexity2 trams in Blackpool have been removed! Following quickly on from the removal of adverts on 009, 015 has also now seen its long-term ads promoting Blackpool Transport’s own range of Saver tickets taken off.
015 had been carrying these particular adverts since mid-way through 2014, and in the intervening 11 years they had regularly been changed as the price of the 1-day ticket continued to change. This saw the new price stick on top of the previous cost leading to the tram being wider there than elsewhere!
In fact 015 is a tram which has always had some form of external advertising since it first entered service, as back in 2012 when it first ran it was already carrying adverts for the Pleasure Beach’s Nickeoloden Land.
The only operational tram which neither carries a full wrap or one of the new style “T” adverts now in 018. This has adverts which were added in June 2024 ahead of the opening of the North Station extension stating “From Tram to Train. From Train to Tram.”.
015 now has nothing except fleet livery on the exterior of the tram following the removal of its Blackpool Transport ticket promotion. (Photograph by Oliver Shenton, 15th November 2025)