Category Archives: Blackpool Tramway

The slow and steady progress of the overhead installation in Talbot Square has been continuing with further span wires having now been put into place while up at the other end of the Blackpool North Railway Station extension of the … Continue reading →

Work on installing overhead wires on the Blackpool Tramway extension to Blackpool North Railway Station has now got underway in Talbot Square. As we reported last weekend, early morning and evening services are being affected during the week for up … Continue reading →

Rigby Road Tram Depot – now home to the heritage fleet of trams in Blackpool – has been known to be in a poor state of repair for some time and now to try and remedy this Blackpool Transport have … Continue reading →

Work to complete the construction of the Blackpool Tramway extension up Talbot Road to a new terminus at Blackpool North Railway Station is to get underway once again this month and works at Talbot Square will see a disruption of … Continue reading →

It’s the former site of a shop which will eventually become the location of a new tramway terminus and hotel complex and has featured extensively on these pages over the past couple of years. We are, of course, talking about … Continue reading →

Services on the Blackpool Tramway were suspended between Thornton Gate and Fleetwood Ferry for a time on the morning of Tuesday 11th May after a van and tram collided close to the stop at Rossall Square. The collision happened shortly … Continue reading →

We reported last week after 001’s return to service in Blackpool after a short period out as it received attention at Starr Gate Depot and the fleet of Flexity2 trams available for use ahead of a timetable improvement has also … Continue reading →

Almost as soon as we put one article up saying surely tram services will increase frequency in Blackpool as restrictions are continued to be eased then we have to write another saying exactly that! Sunday 16th May – the day … Continue reading →

With the Blackpool Tramway continuing to run at a reduced frequency – a frequency which will presumably increase as we enter the summer and the expected continued easing of restrictions – the full fleet of 18 Flexity2 trams has not … Continue reading →

After a period when it was difficult to see the progress being made on the future site of the Blackpool North Railway Station extension terminus the past few weeks have again shown tangible change. In this latest update we see … Continue reading →

One day soon we’re sure we will stop describing the site on Talbot Road where the tram terminus of the Blackpool North extension will be built as the old Wilko’s store but that day isn’t today! We have another short … Continue reading →

Preparation work on the site once occupied by the Wilko’s store on Talbot Road, Blackpool has been continuing in recent weeks. As we’ve reported many times over the past couple of years this site will become the location of the … Continue reading →