{"id":40939,"date":"2021-08-08T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-08T16:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40939"},"modified":"2021-08-07T12:57:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T11:57:37","slug":"stop-by-stop-blackpool-tramway-wilton-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=40939","title":{"rendered":"Stop by Stop Blackpool Tramway: Wilton Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On our way north on the Blackpool Tramway we go as we reach the stop at Wilton Parade.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Upon departure from Pleasant Street we continue along the segregated tramway before reaching Wilton Parade; the second and final stop located on North Promenade \u2013 a far cry from the days of the pre-upgraded tramway. Nothing much to write home about the stop here either: no shelter on the narrower southbound platform with the northbound platform retaining a shelter. Both sides also have limited information panels, stop signs and lighting columns with an overhead support pole also located on the southbound side.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_40940\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40940\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40940\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40940\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40940\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2a.wiltonparade-gp-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2a.wiltonparade-gp-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2a.wiltonparade-gp-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2a.wiltonparade-gp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2a.wiltonparade-gp.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is the standard view looking north at Wilton Parade showing the tramstop with its platforms either side of the tracks.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_40941\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40941\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40941\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40941\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40941\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2b.017-gp-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2b.017-gp-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2b.017-gp-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2b.017-gp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2b.017-gp.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">017 arrives at Wilton Parade on 28th September with a northbound service to Fleetwood Ferry. The northbound platform is just on the left hand side and the grand looking hotel on the far side is the Imperial Hotel.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_40942\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=40942\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-40942\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40942\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-40942\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2c.015-gp-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2c.015-gp-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2c.015-gp-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2c.015-gp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/2c.015-gp.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this view \u2013 looking north \u2013 we see 015 at Wilton Parade with a service to Starr Gate. The date is 28th September and on the left we get to see a closer look at the standard shelter found on Blackpool Tramway platforms. (All Photographs by Gareth Prior)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our way north on the Blackpool Tramway we go as we reach the stop at Wilton Parade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,92],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40939"}],"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=40939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40943,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40939\/revisions\/40943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}