{"id":44322,"date":"2022-03-29T20:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=44322"},"modified":"2022-03-29T19:32:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T18:32:37","slug":"coronation-304-next-ftt-tram-on-the-road-to-return-after-fts-funding-confirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=44322","title":{"rendered":"Coronation 304 next FTT tram on the road to return after FTS funding confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The good news in relation to Fylde Transport Trust owned trams just keeps on coming! Following on from the recent start of testing of Standard 143<\/strong> and the return of Railcoach 279<\/strong> to Rigby Road comes the news that additional funding for the overhaul of Coronation 304<\/strong> has been confirmed which should see that tram re-enter service during 2022 as well!<\/p>\n

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304<\/strong> is a very popular tram amongst enthusiasts and is often towards the top of wish list of trams to re-enter service so the news that the Fylde Tramway Society have agreed to donate a significant sum towards the tram is bound to make some people very happy indeed.<\/p>\n

It has been some nine years since 304<\/strong> last carried passengers, this being during a brief loan spell at Beamish in 2013. You have to go even further back to around 2010 for the last time it operated in service on the Blackpool Tramway although it did undergo some test runs in 2018 which didn\u2019t lead to a return to full-time action as a number of jobs were identified before it could run again.<\/p>\n

The donation from the Fylde Tramway Society comes after a Special General Meeting where a vote of members agreed to give the money to the 304<\/strong> overhaul project (the money in itself had come from the estate of the late Daphne Luff, daughter of Walter Luff).<\/p>\n

This extra money towards the tram will now allow the next steps to take place. These are:<\/p>\n