{"id":56526,"date":"2024-12-18T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=56526"},"modified":"2024-12-15T11:26:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T11:26:49","slug":"out-and-about-blackpool-tramway-split-service-august-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=56526","title":{"rendered":"Out and About: Blackpool Tramway \u2013 split service August 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOut and About\u201d time again and we feature the Blackpool Tramway on Illumination switch-on night.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56527\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1.017-sh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56527\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1.017-sh-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1.017-sh-550x310.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1.017-sh-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1.017-sh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56527\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As with many big events on central Promenade when large crowds are expected, Illumination switch-on day sees the Blackpool Tramway initiate a split service. From the north this saw trams from Fleetwood Ferry terminate at North Pier. This image shows 017 having terminated at the usual southbound platform and now using the crossover to head back north.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_56528\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2.007-sh.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56528\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56528\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2.007-sh-550x310.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2.007-sh-550x310.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2.007-sh-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2.007-sh.jpg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And at the other end of the split trams ran from Starr Gate to Manchester Square. After terminating there, the trams then moved forward to the Foxhall crossover which is where we see 007 as it prepares to go back to Starr Gate. (Both Photographs by Steven Hughes, 30th August 2024)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOut and About\u201d time again and we feature the Blackpool Tramway on Illumination switch-on night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,100],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56526"}],"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=56526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56529,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56526\/revisions\/56529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}