Category Archives: Blackpool Tramway

Earlier this year the latest Brian Turner book, Via Marton, was released and with only 100 copies printed there were lots of disappointed individuals who couldn’t get their hands on a copy. But fear not as there is now a … Continue reading →

Fleetwood Tram Sunday returns this year and will be taking place on Sunday 21st July. Whilst the event is not the tram centric event that it once was, since the tramway upgrade Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours have usually run a … Continue reading →

Its only been running for just over two weeks but already Blackpool Transport are looking for feedback on the new timetable operating on the tramway. If you were being charitable you’d suggest that its good that they are willing to … Continue reading →

Since the launch of the new Blackpool Tramway timetable following the opening of the Blackpool North Station extension there has been much debate (our comments section has never been so “popular”) about its effectiveness. Much of it has centred over … Continue reading →

Normal services are now underway on the newest section of open tramway in the UK with the first public service arriving at North Station on the morning of Sunday 16th June as planned. This follows several days of preview with … Continue reading →

Another heritage tram has run in passenger service for the first time in 2024. This time the location is the Blackpool Tramway where their second operational Boat Car has returned to service – prototype 600.

Whether you take it as being 88 years (trams on Talbot Road) or 61 (trams to North Station) there’s no doubt its been a long time (and it seems for a lot of that we’ve been waiting for the thing … Continue reading →

Sunday 16th June will mark a new era for the Blackpool Tramway as for the first time in 88 years trams will be running along Talbot Road on the extension to North Station (and the first time since 1963 that … Continue reading →

Renowned Blackpool Tramway expert Brian Turner is back with another book on the popular system – and as everyone with an interest in the tramways of the Fylde Coast knows this is usually a sure sign of quality so it … Continue reading →

All Flexity2 trams in Blackpool now have ODAS cameras fitted after the final two returned to service with the equipment fitted within a few days of each other at the end of May 2024. First to return to action was … Continue reading →