{"id":43657,"date":"2022-02-07T18:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=43657"},"modified":"2022-02-05T14:36:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T14:36:48","slug":"still-standing-marton-depot-blackpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=43657","title":{"rendered":"Still Standing! Marton Depot, Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Monday throughout February sees the return of the popular \u201cStill Standing\u201d series as we look at old tram structures which are still in existence today. In this edition we are off to Blackpool as we take a look at one of the old tram depots on the inland routes at Marton.<\/p>\n

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The Marton route in Blackpool first opened in 1901 running from Talbot Square to Central Drive by way of Clifton Street, Church Street, Whitegate Drive, Waterloo Road and Central Drive. A year later there was a link added to the Lytham Road route at Royal Oak to allow services to run through to what we know as South Pier today. After the Central Drive route was closed in 1936 tram services on the Marton route ran between Talbot Square and Royal Oak\/South Pier. That was until 28th<\/sup> October 1962 when the Marton route was closed for the very last time.<\/p>\n

To house trams for the service a new depot was constructed on Whitegate Drive, known simply as Marton Depot. Opened in 1901 as an 8 track depot it was extended at the rear 11 years later and would remain in a similar configuration for the rest of its career. As a sign of the times in which it was built its fan was located on the main road outside. The depot was not only used to house trams for Marton services but also as storage for other trams out of season. Closed with the end of services on the Marton route it was used to scrap redundant trams and after that was sold on for further use. A petrol station was built at the front with the rear of the building still standing today in industrial use.<\/p>\n

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The site of Marton Depot with the petrol station now in situ.<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the surviving sections of the old depot building, now in industrial use.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another angle of the remaining old depot. (All Photographs by Tony Armitage, 22nd August 2021)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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