{"id":54881,"date":"2024-08-12T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=54881"},"modified":"2024-08-12T12:53:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T11:53:15","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-tramway-runs-a-split-service-for-the-airshow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=54881","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool Tramway runs a split service for the Airshow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend of Saturday 10<sup>th<\/sup> and Sunday 11<sup>th<\/sup> August saw visitors to Blackpool turn their heads skywards as it was the return of the Airshow. Due to the opened and closed by the Red Arrows everyone is encouraged to view the spectacular from the Promenade with the Tower Headland a particularly popular vantage point. This leads to very large crowds and means that for safety reasons the tramway runs a split service.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>From 1230 until 1800 on both days the tramway was split into two. The description of the Blackpool Transport website stated that this split service was between Central Pier and North Pier which in effect meant trams from Starr Gate ran as far as Central Pier whilst those from Fleetwood Ferry ran to North Pier (with the North Station service also running).<\/p>\n<p>This also impacted Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours who were only able to run Promenade Tours in the morning before the closure came into effect.<\/p>\n<p>This was the second weekend in a row that tram services were affected. On Saturday 3<sup>rd<\/sup> August anti-immigration protests took place in the town which saw the tram tracks in Talbot Square and around North Pier blocked meaning it wasn\u2019t possible for trams to run whilst the Police dealt with the situation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_54882\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/northpier-pd.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54882\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/northpier-pd-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/northpier-pd-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/northpier-pd-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/northpier-pd.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-54882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With North Pier being as far as trams could go from the north spare trams were also stabled here. And it lead to this \u201cmoney shot\u201d as we have three Flexity2s in a row \u2013 with all three livery styles currently seen represented. On the loop line (most commonly used by Heritage Tram Tours) is 012 in its Blackpool Pleasure Beach advert, the centre line is occupied by 003 in the standard fleet livery and then 011 and its Coral Island advert completes the scene. (Photograph by Peter Dockerty, 10th August 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend of Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th August saw visitors to Blackpool turn their heads skywards as it was the return of the Airshow. 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