Category Archives: Blackpool Tramway

Mini Festive Tours return again in Blackpool!

Posted on Sunday 15 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours will be celebrating Christmas again this year by running a series of Mini Festive Tours. These short half hour tours run from North Pier and Pleasure Beach (and back) every Friday and Saturday evening throughout December.

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What’s New on British Trams Online? 14th October 2023

Posted on Saturday 14 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

This week we head to Blackpool for a set of photos taken of the heritage trams in action during September including the last Enhanced Weekend of 2023:

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Railcoach 679

Posted on Friday 13 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

Back to 1978 for another Blackpool image in “Picture in Time”.

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Winners announced at Global Light Rail Awards

Posted on Saturday 7 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

The annual Global Light Rail Awards took place on 4th October in London with systems and individuals across the world celebrating their success over the past 12 months. As the name suggests these are Global awards and as such it … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool OMOs 7 & 10

Posted on Friday 6 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

This week “Picture in Time” moves from 1977 to 1978 as we take another look at the Blackpool Tramway back in the 1970s.

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Could HS2 northern leg cancellation provide a boost for trams?

Posted on Wednesday 4 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

As had been widely predicted, Wednesday 4th October saw UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirm that the northern leg of HS2 between Birmingham and Manchester would be cancelled after the continued increase in costs. The rights and wrongs of this … Continue reading →

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Tramtown closed as structural surveys take place at Rigby Road Depot

Posted on Tuesday 3 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

Anyone heading down to Tramtown in Blackpool (Rigby Road Depot) over the past few days will probably have been concerned by the sight of notices preventing access to the workshops and main tram shed and fencing across the front of … Continue reading →

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Trams &: Blackpool Balloon 715 & bus

Posted on Sunday 1 October 2023 by Gareth Prior

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.

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Brush 634

Posted on Friday 29 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

Its time for another edition of “Picture in Time” and we stay in Blackpool for this week’s photo.

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In Pictures: Final Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours Enhanced Weekend of 2023

Posted on Thursday 28 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

The weekend of Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th September saw the final Enhanced Weekend of “hop-on, hop-off” tours for Blackpool’s heritage trams this year. The service offered has gradually evolved during 2023 with the standard pattern now seeing five heritage … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon 716

Posted on Friday 22 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

“Picture in Time” moves on this week and for the next few editions we will be in Blackpool as we continue to take a look at some of Donald Brooks’ excellent photos of the tramway as it was in the … Continue reading →

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In Preview: Final Enhanced Weekend of Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours operation

Posted on Wednesday 20 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th September will see the final Enhanced Weekend of operation for Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours for 2023 with a hop-on, hop-off timetable running on both days giving various journeys running between Pleasure Beach and Fleetwood Ferry … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: 014 joins the ODAS fitted trams in Blackpool

Posted on Monday 18 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

Blackpool Flexity2 014 has become the latest tram on the system to receive the ODAS cameras as part of the continued implementation of the new safety system.

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In Pictures: Another tram in service with ODAS equipment in Blackpool

Posted on Monday 11 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

The continued fitment of ODAS equipment to trams on the Blackpool Tramway has recently seen 012 (still in adverts for the Pleasure Beach) return to service with the cameras in situ.

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In Pictures: Latest from Blackpool North Station tramway terminus

Posted on Saturday 9 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

Ah, Blackpool and its short extension up Talbot Road to a new terminus close to Blackpool North Railway Station. Its provided us with plenty of column inches over the past several years as we see some progress and then frustration … Continue reading →

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Another increase in passenger journeys on English light rail systems

Posted on Friday 8 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

The Department for Transport have released their latest tram and light rail statistics which show the number of passenger journeys made on English tram and light rail systems and it is another positive picture as there continues to be an … Continue reading →

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2023 Illuminations season underway in Blackpool

Posted on Wednesday 6 September 2023 by Gareth Prior

A sure sign of the evenings starting to draw in is the switching on of Blackpool’s Illuminations and that happened on Friday 1st September with Sophie Ellis Bextor being given the honour of “flicking the switch” for the 2023 edition … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours over the August Bank Holiday weekend

Posted on Thursday 31 August 2023 by Gareth Prior

The August Bank Holiday weekend once again saw an Enhanced Weekend of operation on Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours. In the now standard pattern of five cars allocated to the hop-on, hop-off timetable with varying journeys running between Pleasure Beach and … Continue reading →

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Tram allocations confirmed for Blackpool’s next Enhanced Weekend

Posted on Thursday 24 August 2023 by Gareth Prior

The August Bank Holiday weekend will see the latest Enhanced Weekend of operation for Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours with the heritage trams due to be operating various journeys between Pleasure Beach and Fleetwood over all three days between Saturday 26th … Continue reading →

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They’ve Run in 2023!

Posted on Thursday 24 August 2023 by Gareth Prior

Having last taken a look at which heritage trams have run in passenger service in British Isles during 2023 at the start of June you’d think almost three months later that there may be quite a few changes? In this … Continue reading →

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