{"id":53769,"date":"2024-05-23T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=53769"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T18:05:14","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-717-undertakes-the-full-system-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=53769","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool 717 undertakes the Full System Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday 5<sup>th<\/sup> May saw the first of two planned \u201cFull System Tours\u201d in Blackpool run. <strong>Balloon 717<\/strong> was the tram chosen to undertake the special route across the tramway which saw it cover several parts of the tramway which it isn\u2019t usually possible to have a ride on.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A full four hours was given to the tram and its special route which saw it cover many crossovers and locations such as the centre lines at Bispham and Thornton Gate. It also made what is now a unusual appearance along Lytham Road and towards Rigby Road Depot with a trip along Hopton Road as far it could go. In addition the trip saw it head into Starr Gate Depot.<\/p>\n<p>The next Full System Tour is scheduled to take place on Sunday 29<sup>th<\/sup> September. More details at <a href=\"https:\/\/blackpoolheritage.com\/tours\/systemtour\/\">https:\/\/blackpoolheritage.com\/tours\/systemtour\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53770\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=53770\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-53770\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53770\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-53770\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/717-sc-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/717-sc-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/717-sc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/717-sc-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/717-sc.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">717 uses the crossover at Fisherman\u2019s Walk, Fleetwood during the Full System Tour. (Photograph by Stuart Cooke, 5th May 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday 5th May saw the first of two planned \u201cFull System Tours\u201d in Blackpool run. Balloon 717 was the tram chosen to undertake the special route across the tramway which saw it cover several parts of the tramway which it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=53769\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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\/53769"}],"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=53769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53771,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53769\/revisions\/53771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}