{"id":46163,"date":"2022-08-25T18:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T17:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46163"},"modified":"2022-08-24T22:44:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T21:44:02","slug":"new-tram-timetables-in-blackpool-for-the-illuminations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46163","title":{"rendered":"New tram timetables in Blackpool for the Illuminations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trams in Blackpool will be running to a new timetable from Sunday 28<sup>th<\/sup> August as Blackpool Transport prepare for the annual illuminations by running more regular trams in the evening than during the daytime.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The current 12 minute daytime frequency will be replaced by trams running during the day every 15 minutes from Starr Gate to Fleetwood and back. The evenings then see trams up to every 10 minutes as far as Little Bispham with a tram every half an hour running all the way to Fleetwood Ferry.<\/p>\n<p>In making the announcement Blackpool Transport said: \u201cChanging the frequency in this way means we can utilise our resources in the best way possible, having a regular and reliable service between Starr Gate and Fleetwood and a frequent service between Starr Gate and Little Bispham.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Timetable details:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weekdays<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First tram Starr Gate-Fleetwood: 0500<\/p>\n<p>First tram Fleetwood-Starr Gate: 0605<\/p>\n<p>All trams run to Fleetwood until 1810 when the intermediate Little Bispham service commences. Trams then depart from Starr Gate every 10 minutes until 2200 (trams on the hour and half hour to Fleetwood) and then frequency reduces to every 15 minutes (alternate trams to Fleetwood).<\/p>\n<p>Final tram Starr Gate-Fleetwood: 2315<\/p>\n<p>Final tram Fleetwood-Starr Gate: 0020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturdays<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First tram Starr Gate-Fleetwood: 0600<\/p>\n<p>First tram Fleetwood-Starr Gate: 0705<\/p>\n<p>All trams run to Fleetwood until 1810 when the intermediate Little Bispham service commences. Trams then depart from Starr Gate every 10 minutes until 2200 (trams on the hour and half hour to Fleetwood) and then frequency reduces to every 15 minutes (alternate trams to Fleetwood).<\/p>\n<p>Final tram Starr Gate-Fleetwood: 2315<\/p>\n<p>Final tram Fleetwood-Starr Gate: 0020<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sundays<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First tram Starr Gate-Fleetwood: 0700<\/p>\n<p>First tram Fleetwood-Starr Gate: 0805<\/p>\n<p>All trams run to Fleetwood until 1810 when the intermediate Little Bispham service commences. Trams then depart from Starr Gate every 10 minutes until 2200 (trams on the hour and half hour to Fleetwood) and then frequency reduces to every 15 minutes (alternate trams to Fleetwood).<\/p>\n<p>Final tram Starr Gate-Fleetwood: 2315<\/p>\n<p>Final tram Fleetwood-Starr Gate: 0020<\/p>\n<p>Paper copies of the new timetable will be available from hotels, tourist information centre and Blackpool Transport travel offices and can also be viewed online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackpooltransport.com\/routes\/BLAC\/Tram?date=2022-08-28&amp;direction=outbound&amp;all=on\">https:\/\/www.blackpooltransport.com\/routes\/BLAC\/Tram?date=2022-08-28&amp;direction=outbound&amp;all=on<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trams in Blackpool will be running to a new timetable from Sunday 28th August as Blackpool Transport prepare for the annual illuminations by running more regular trams in the evening than during the daytime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46163"}],"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=46163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46164,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46163\/revisions\/46164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}