{"id":17464,"date":"2017-05-26T19:29:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T18:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=17464"},"modified":"2017-05-26T19:29:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T18:29:18","slug":"last-chance-to-ride-blackpool-623-in-manchester-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=17464","title":{"rendered":"Last chance to ride Blackpool 623 in Manchester (for now!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As has been reported previously, <strong>Blackpool Brush Railcoach 623 <\/strong>is heading back home for an operating loan period to help mark the 80th anniversary of Blackpool&#8217;s Brush cars. However, before it returns to Blackpool there will be a final chance this year to ride on the tram at the Heaton Park Tramway in Manchester this weekend.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>623 <\/strong>has recently received some interior attention including re-varnishing of its wooden saloon window frames and some paint work, which has vastly improved its appearance, ensuring that it will be a great ambassador for its owners during its time in Blackpool. Before preparations for its road journey get underway, it is planned to run <strong>623 <\/strong>in passenger service over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend. Subject to availability, the Brush car will operate on Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th &amp; Monday 29th May. The latter will be its final use at the park this year with transportation to Blackpool expected in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As has been reported previously, Blackpool Brush Railcoach 623 is heading back home for an operating loan period to help mark the 80th anniversary of Blackpool&#8217;s Brush cars. However, before it returns to Blackpool there will be a final chance &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=17464\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17466,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17464\/revisions\/17466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}