Category Archives: Blackpool Tramway

This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 3 February 2019 by Gareth Prior

More photos for you this week in our latest main site update:

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Event Report: First ‘Gold’ weekend of 2019 in Blackpool

Posted on Friday 1 February 2019 by Andrew Waddington

January 26th & 27th saw the first Gold Weekend of the year in Blackpool, with an interesting and varied turnout of trams in action despite some rather challenging weather conditions, particularly on the Sunday when string winds battled the coast! … Continue reading →

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Box 40 to run at Beamish and Crich in 2019

Posted on Friday 1 February 2019 by Gareth Prior

If the news that Manchester 765 was to visit Beamish in time for April’s Great North Steam Fair wasn’t enough to persuade you to make a visit how does it sound if you added Blackpool & Fleetwood Box 40 to … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Balloon 713 tours the tramway for Branch Line Society

Posted on Tuesday 29 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

Saturday 26th January was not only the first day of the first Winter Gold weekend of 2019 in Blackpool but also saw a special tour take place for the Branch Line Society utilising B fleet Balloon 713 – plus Engineering … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Jubilee 761 & Balloon 707

Posted on Tuesday 29 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

After a couple of weeks of “sorry we don’t know what the trams are” we are back to being able to identify the trams in this weeks Blackpool Picture in Time image. They are Jubilee 761 and Balloon 707.

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Trams revealed for first Winter Gold of the year in Blackpool

Posted on Tuesday 22 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

This weekend will see the first Winter Gold operation of 2019 in Blackpool with six trams due to run on each day plus the unusual sight of a snowplough fitted tram as the Shop at North Pier/Tower. As has become … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Balloon

Posted on Tuesday 22 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

We stay in Fleetwood for this week’s offering from the Blackpool Tramway archives as we have another photo of a tram which we can’t quite identify!

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In Pictures: Balloon 711 on Pleasure Beach loop – what was the occasion?

Posted on Saturday 19 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

A bit of a quiz question for you today. In the below image we feature Blackpool Balloon 711 on Pleasure Beach loop – carrying an all over advert for Blackpool Zoo – on 1st July 2007 but what was the … Continue reading →

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Delays to Prom reopening after delay in tram works

Posted on Friday 18 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

Originally due to open on Monday 21st January it has been announced that the main Promenade road past Talbot Road in Blackpool will now not open until the end of February with an apparent delay in the tram trackworks the … Continue reading →

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Balloon 715 to visit workshops as progress made on Railcoach 279

Posted on Wednesday 16 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

It has been confirmed that Blackpool Balloon 715 is to visit the workshops at Rigby Road to refresh its appearance for 2019 whilst a fellow Fylde Transport Trust – Railcoach 279 – continues to progress at Brinwell Road ahead of … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Fleetwood Ferry

Posted on Tuesday 15 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

The number of photos taken on Fleetwood Esplanade of trams either at the old Fleetwood Ferry loading stops or just passing by on their way back to Blackpool is probably in the millions by now and today that is the … Continue reading →

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Depot Open Day to return to Blackpool as more special events revealed

Posted on Sunday 13 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

For the first time since 2010 a full depot open day – as opposed to depot tours – will be taking place at Blackpool’s Rigby Road Depot with a heritage tram shuttle from North Pier and the chance to see … Continue reading →

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Branch Line Society to tour the Blackpool Tramway

Posted on Saturday 12 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

The Branch Line Society are well known for their unique tours mainly on the national rail network but they do also sometimes dip into trams including a couple of tours recently at Crich which have covered practically every inch of … Continue reading →

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In Pictures: Tracklaying continues in Blackpool

Posted on Wednesday 9 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

Although the bulk of trackwork on the junction between the Promenade tramway and the new line up Talbot Road to Blackpool North Railway Station was completed in December during a partial closure of the tramway there remains some work to … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Blackpool Tramway from the Tower bridge

Posted on Tuesday 8 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

The only bridge to have gone over the Promenade tramway in Blackpool was that close to the Tower which, although considered an eyesore for many, gave some different photographic opportunities of the tram. As we return to our archive photo … Continue reading →

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Christmas Boating at Blackpool – The Sequel!

Posted on Thursday 3 January 2019 by Andrew Waddington

The last opportunity to take a ride on a heritage tram in Blackpool during 2018 was provided by the Fylde Tramway Society’s annual Christmas tour, which took place on Saturday 29th December. This was advertised as featuring recently repainted Centenary … Continue reading →

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Calls again to extend Blackpool Tramway to Lytham

Posted on Thursday 3 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

A call to undertake more development work on a plan to extend the Blackpool Tramway to Lytham has been made by the Trams to Lytham group with backing given to the project from Blackpool Transport. A new report has just … Continue reading →

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September Review – Blackpool: No. 16 – Railcoach 680

Posted on Tuesday 1 January 2019 by Gareth Prior

Happy New Year one and all! We finally reach the end of our September retrospectives of those three big tram events in 2018 with one final feature from Blackpool’s September Spectacular which took place over the weekend of 22nd/23rd September. … Continue reading →

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Balloon 711 on standby for snow

Posted on Monday 31 December 2018 by Andrew Waddington

For many years it has been the norm for at least one of Blackpool’s Balloon cars to be fitted with snowplough equipment for the winter. In the last few years, members of the ‘B Fleet’ have been used in this … Continue reading →

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September Review – Blackpool: No. 15 – North Pier

Posted on Sunday 30 December 2018 by Gareth Prior

With the shop tram – Balloon 711 – constantly stabled on the loop line at North Pier this was another location during the September Spectacular that provided differing photographic opportunities as we see in today’s retrospective.

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