{"id":43403,"date":"2022-01-19T20:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=43403"},"modified":"2022-01-19T16:54:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:54:19","slug":"in-pictures-little-progress-to-show-at-wilkos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=43403","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Little progress to show at Wilko\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its looking likely that there will be little to show on progress of the Blackpool Tramway extension for some time with a lot of focus on the overall Talbot Gateway project currently on the construction of the hotel and removing the High Street pedestrian walkway. This article takes a look at the current scene of the tramway infrastructure on the former Wilko\u2019s site close to Blackpool North Railway Station.<\/p>\n

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Looking along the line as you go through the \u201cfront door\u201d of Wilko\u2019s. Track in place, concrete surface completed, overhead poles erected and wire installed.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The reverse view of the tracks heading out of Wilko\u2019s.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here we look as the tracks curve round on the approach to the tramstop. Top right you can see the latest level of the hotel being built.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nestled in between the buildings is the new tram terminus. Who knows within the next 12 months it may even have a tram standing at it! (Photographs x4 by Tony Armitage, 16th January 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n

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A close-up view of the terminus platform with a newly installed white column. (Photograph by Peter Dockerty, 18th January 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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