{"id":40656,"date":"2021-07-25T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T10:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40656"},"modified":"2021-07-24T13:43:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T12:43:51","slug":"lockdown-walks-blackpool-715","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40656","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Walks: Blackpool 715"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today \u201cLockdown Walks\u201d is going heritage as we\u2019re off to the seaside!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours are now running daily tours until the end of August with a selection of Promenade and Coastal Tours operating \u2013 all starting from the heritage stop at North Pier and Tower. A smaller than usual pool of trams has been commissioned for service but with pre-booking still being the order of the day anyone booking will at least know what type of tram they will be getting, whether that be a Balloon, a Boat Car (weather permitting!) or maybe even something else!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40657\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40657\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40657\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40657\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40657\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.715-km-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.715-km-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.715-km-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.715-km-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1.715-km.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On Sunday 4th July one of the heritage trams out was Balloon 715. Owned by the Fylde Transport Trust and on loan to Heritage Tram Tours this popular double-decker retains its 1970s fleet livery along with side adverts. This first image shows the tram at North Pier and Tower.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_40658\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40658\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40658\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40658\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40658\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.715-km-550x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.715-km-550x488.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/2.715-km.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">715 has now reversed and uses the crossover to gain the southbound track as it returns to depot. (Both Photographs by Kate Meeson, 4th July 2021)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today \u201cLockdown Walks\u201d is going heritage as we\u2019re off to the seaside!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,88],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40656"}],"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=40656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40659,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40656\/revisions\/40659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}