There can sometimes be the accusation that details of special tram events aren’t released until its too late to make arrangements – but that’s not the case for Blackpool’s August Bank Holiday Vintage Weekend with the first information already released! The weekend will follow a similar pattern to the other Vintage Weekend’s already seen during 2022 with the same pricing structure also in place.
As well as the return of hop-on, hop-off heritage tours running various journeys from Pleasure Beach to Fleetwood there will also be depot tours, pre-bookable Promenade and Coastal Tours and Evening Tours running as well.
The outline plan of the weekend is as follows:
Saturday 27th August
1030 – Depot Tour
1112 – Promenade Tour: Open Boat
1136 – Coastal Tour: Double Decker
1300 – Promenade Tour: Bolton 66
1412 – Promenade Tour: Bolton 66
1436 – Coastal Tour: Frigate
1500 – Real Ale Tour
1512 – Promenade Tour: Open Boat
1900 – Open Top Evening Tour
In addition there will be a timetabled service running. The following trams are scheduled to be used:
Boat 227, Centenary 648, Frigate, Boat 600, Bolton 66, Balloon 700
Sunday 28th August
1100 – Bus Tour
1112 – Promenade Tour: Open Boat
1136 – Coastal Tour: Double Decker
1300 – Promenade Tour: Open Boat
1412 – Promenade Tour: Open Boat
1436 – Coastal Tour: Western Train
1512 – Promenade Tour: Open Boat
1915 – Ghost Tour
In addition there will be a timetabled service running. The following trams are scheduled to be used:
Boat 600, Brush 631, Western Train, Bolton 66, Boat 227, Balloon 717
Monday 29th August
1030 – Depot Tour
1112 – Promenade Tour: Open Boat
1136 – Coastal Tour: Centenary Car
1245 – Depot Tour
1300 – Promenade Tour: Bolton 66
1412 – Promenade Tour: Bolton 66
1436 – Coastal Tour: Double Decker
1512 – Promenade Tour: Open Boat
1800 – Western Train Evening Tour
In addition there will be a timetabled service running. The following trams are scheduled to be used:
Boat 227, Balloon 700, Balloon 723, Boat 600, Bolton 66, Centenary 642
A three-day Event Pass can be booked for £50 which includes 3 day tickets, 1 depot tour, a vintage bus tour to St Annes, 1 evening tour, the Ghost Tour or Real Ale Tour. This also allows for a discounted Fish and Chips Tram Tour on Friday 26th August. Day unlimited travel tickets at £18 are also available as are individual tour tickets.
Obviously, with this information being released more than a month in advance the usual caveats of tram availability are even more important to take note of before being definite a certain tram will be appearing.
- More details on the Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours website.