{"id":38640,"date":"2021-03-12T22:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T22:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=38640"},"modified":"2021-03-12T19:02:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T19:02:40","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-tramway-reaches-fishermans-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=38640","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool Tramway reaches Fisherman\u2019s Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The overrunning trackworks on the Blackpool Tramway are starting to come to an end with Fleetwood finally being served by trams again from Wednesday 10<sup>th<\/sup> March (at least as far as Fisherman\u2019s Walk) with a promise that from Saturday 13<sup>th<\/sup> March it will be back to Fleetwood Ferry for the first time in exactly four weeks \u2013 although it would appear more work is needed back at Starr Gate as the southern terminus will be reverting to Harrow Place from that date.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It was announced a couple of days beforehand that trams would be able to return to Fisherman\u2019s Walk (Ash Street in old money of course) from the start of service on Wednesday 10<sup>th<\/sup> March and return they did with the trams using the crossover just beyond the stop to return south.<\/p>\n<p>With trams able to run that far north the work being undertaken was taking place close to Fleetwood Ferry with the welding gang in action complete with their protective tunnel once more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38660\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38660\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38660\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38660\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38660\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1.008fishermans-ta-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1.008fishermans-ta-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1.008fishermans-ta-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1.008fishermans-ta-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1.008fishermans-ta.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">008 sits at Fisherman\u2019s Walk having just terminated and now getting ready to return south. Note the Fisherman\u2019s Walk destination display.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38661\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38661\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38661\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38661\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38661\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2.008fishermans-ta-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2.008fishermans-ta-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2.008fishermans-ta-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2.008fishermans-ta-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2.008fishermans-ta.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38661\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">008 then uses the crossover as it heads back to the stop to return to Starr Gate.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38662\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38662\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38662\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38662\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38662\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3.ferry-ta-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3.ferry-ta-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3.ferry-ta-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3.ferry-ta-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3.ferry-ta.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Down on Pharos Street where the welding gang are in evidence with their tent.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38663\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38663\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38663\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38663\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38663\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4.ferry-ta-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4.ferry-ta-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4.ferry-ta-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4.ferry-ta-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/4.ferry-ta.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another view of the works on Pharos Street complete with various vans being used by the workers.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_38664\" style=\"width: 377px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=38664\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38664\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38664\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38664\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5.victoriast-ta-367x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5.victoriast-ta-367x550.jpg 367w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5.victoriast-ta-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5.victoriast-ta-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/5.victoriast-ta.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-38664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Back towards the centre of Fleetwood on Victoria Street where the crossover is without overhead now. (All Photographs by Tony Armitage, 12th March 2021)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The overrunning trackworks on the Blackpool Tramway are starting to come to an end with Fleetwood finally being served by trams again from Wednesday 10th March (at least as far as Fisherman\u2019s Walk) with a promise that from Saturday 13th &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=38640\">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],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38640"}],"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=38640"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38665,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38640\/revisions\/38665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}