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<\/a>Once you\u2019ve got off the train at Blackpool North and make your way towards the tramstop one of the first things you will see is a subway leading to the island platform stop. Or at least it will eventually. For now work is underway on the construction of this subway and there are some glazed side panels now in place. (Photograph by Peter Dockerty, 24th August 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>A couple of weeks later and progress has been made with the concreting of the pedestrian footpath above the subway now complete. The side wall tiling is also now completed. (Photograph by Peter Dockerty, 5th September 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Looking through the fences at the Dickson Road end of the building site towards the tram terminus. Trams have run on these tracks but its now over 12 months since they did and since then the construction works on the hotel have meant any progress with the tramway has well and truly stalled. The new Holiday Inn now dominates the site on the right and looks as if externally at least it is nearing completion. The scissors crossover allowing trams to access either side of the island platform are in the foreground. (Photograph by Mark Cufflin, 28th August 2023)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ah, Blackpool and its short extension up Talbot Road to a new terminus close to Blackpool North Railway Station. Its provided us with plenty of column inches over the past several years as we see some progress and then frustration … Continue reading