{"id":1829,"date":"2012-09-12T19:38:19","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T19:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2012-09-12T19:38:19","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T19:38:19","slug":"twin-set-672682-launch-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=1829","title":{"rendered":"Twin Set 672+682 launch confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The return to passenger service of <strong>Blackpool Twin Set 672+682<\/strong> has been a highly anticipated event amongst tram enthusiasts ever since news broke that this set would be reactivated as part of Blackpool Transport&#8217;s heritage tram fleet earlier in the year. Now, the date for the rejuvinated Twin car&#8217;s reappearance has been set, for Friday 14th September.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At the moment historic trams are only operating on illumination tours, but an exception will be made for Set 2&#8217;s debut on the heritage service. The freshly repainted Twin set, now resplendent in its original cream livery with green lining, will be revealed to its adoring public at Pleasure Beach at 6:00pm on September 14th, and will then set off for a round trip to Little Bispham and back. It will then remain out on illumination tour duty which will potentially allow passengers to enjoy at least two round trips on <strong>672+682<\/strong>. The normal heritage tour fares will apply, with one return trip priced at \u00a35 for adults, or a multi-ride ticket available for just \u00a310.<\/p>\n<p>Although it&#8217;s a shame that more notice was not given of the Twin car relaunch, hopefully a reasonable number of enthusiasts will be able to be present to welcome <strong>672+682<\/strong> back into Blackpool&#8217;s own running fleet. No Twin sets have run anywhere since this set returned to depot late on Sunday 6th November 2011 following a memorable stint on timetabled service for the final time, and so this will doubtless be a historic occasion, and one that many people never thought would happen. Once again this proves Blackpool Transport&#8217;s commitment to its remaining historic trams and hopefully the Twin car will be a useful asset to the company during the final part of the 2012 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The return to passenger service of Blackpool Twin Set 672+682 has been a highly anticipated event amongst tram enthusiasts ever since news broke that this set would be reactivated as part of Blackpool Transport&#8217;s heritage tram fleet earlier in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=1829\">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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829"}],"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=1829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1831,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1829\/revisions\/1831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}