The wait may be going on for news of when we may be able to enjoy a tram ride along Talbot Road on the Blackpool Tramway extension to North Station but that doesn\u2019t mean nothing has been happening on the Talbot Gateway site where the terminus will be situated. We haven\u2019t featured the former Wilko\u2019s store site for a while as a lot of work doesn\u2019t have a direct connection to the tramway but in this pictorial article we take a quick look at what has been happening recently.<\/p>\n
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The main tramway infrastructure works have been completed including trackwork and tramstop but services can\u2019t start until all other construction works are finished with the terminus basically being in the middle of a construction site. This includes the hotel \u2013 which is making progress although remains several months from completion \u2013 and the subway which will link the terminus with Blackpool North Railway Station.<\/p>\n
No official date for completion and possible opening of the tramway has been announced but will have to follow a further period of testing and shadow running. The question remains \u2013 will trams run in service to Wolverhampton Railway Station, Newhaven in Edinburgh or Blackpool North Railway Station first?<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The subway which links the site to the approach to the railway station. The hotel continues to take shape above. (Photograph by Peter Dockerty, 27th October 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The wait may be going on for news of when we may be able to enjoy a tram ride along Talbot Road on the Blackpool Tramway extension to North Station but that doesn\u2019t mean nothing has been happening on the … Continue reading