{"id":32962,"date":"2020-03-13T18:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=32962"},"modified":"2020-03-13T12:40:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:40:32","slug":"in-preview-blackpool-winter-gold-14th-and-15th-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=32962","title":{"rendered":"In Preview: Blackpool Winter Gold, 14th and 15th March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second Winter Gold event of 2020 is due to take place this weekend, 14th and 15th March with the standard timetable in operation with six trams in action each day plus the Shop Tram running one service in the late afternoon. The weekend will see the usual mix of trams with highlights looking set to be the use of <strong>Bolton 66<\/strong> and the illuminated <strong>Trawler<\/strong> on the first day.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What trams are due be in service?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If all goes according to plan 13 different trams will run over the course of the weekend with the only \u201cduplicate\u201d being <strong>Balloon 718<\/strong> as the Shop Tram on both days. Seven different classes will be represented so there should hopefully be something for everyone to enjoy at some point!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 14th March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A \u2013 Balloon 715<\/p>\n<p>B \u2013 Balloon 700<\/p>\n<p>C \u2013 Bolton 66<\/p>\n<p>D \u2013 Balloon 701<\/p>\n<p>E \u2013 Trawler 737<\/p>\n<p>F \u2013 Brush 631<\/p>\n<p>Shop \u2013 Balloon 718<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 15th March<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A \u2013 Railcoach 680<\/p>\n<p>B \u2013 Balloon 717<\/p>\n<p>C \u2013 Centenary 642<\/p>\n<p>D \u2013 Brush 621<\/p>\n<p>E \u2013 Balloon 723<\/p>\n<p>F \u2013 Standard 147<\/p>\n<p>Shop \u2013 Balloon 718<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What timetable is running?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The new Winter Gold timetable will again be used with services running on the complete length of the tramway between Starr Gate and Fleetwood Ferry. Trams A and E will run to Fleetwood twice with B, D and F having one trip to Fleetwood whilst C will be mainly running Prom specials. The full timetable can be downloaded from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpoolheritage.com\/httours\/event\/winter-gold-2020\/?instance_id=3170\">Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>How much will it cost?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Standard Heritage fares will be valid including the excellent value Day Travelcard at \u00a312 for adults (\u00a36 for children, \u00a328 family ticket and concession \u00a310) \u2013 you can also buy a discounted 3 day version for \u00a330 (adult) and \u00a315 (child) through the Blackpool Transport app. Full details of fares are available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpoolheritage.com\/httours\/timetables\/fares\/\">Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second Winter Gold event of 2020 is due to take place this weekend, 14th and 15th March with the standard timetable in operation with six trams in action each day plus the Shop Tram running one service in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=32962\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,47],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32962"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32963,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32962\/revisions\/32963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}