{"id":62656,"date":"2026-04-14T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62656"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:55:33","slug":"full-tram-service-to-resume-to-fleetwood-ferry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62656","title":{"rendered":"Full tram service to resume to Fleetwood Ferry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A full tram service on the Blackpool Tramway through to Fleetwood Ferry will resume as planned from the start of Wednesday 15<sup>th<\/sup> April 2026. This comes following the completion of track upgrades in Fleetwood which have been taking place since last month.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>During the closure between Fisherman\u2019s Walk and Fleetwood Ferry \u2013 which was suspended over the Easter weekend \u2013 around 190 metres of track have been rewelded to help ensure more reliable and comfortable services.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Staley, Tramway Operations and Safety Manager, said: \u201cThis essential work, which was suspended over the Easter weekend to enable residents and visitors to make the most of the holiday, has now been completed, but our investment in the network is set to continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater in the year, we plan to carry out further work on the tracks in Esplanade into Pharos Street and, from there, into North Albert Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is expected to take place after the busy summer season, and the investment reflects our ongoing commitment to delivering the best possible service to customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The completion of the work means the current full tramway timetable will be reintroduced. This sees trams up to every 15 minutes between Starr Gate and Fleetwood Ferry with alternate departures travelling via North Station.<\/p>\n<p>Steve concluded: \u201cNow that the latest phase of the works is complete, we\u2019d like to thank all our customers for their patience and understanding and look forward to welcoming them back to stops north of Fisherman\u2019s Walk in the morning!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A full tram service on the Blackpool Tramway through to Fleetwood Ferry will resume as planned from the start of Wednesday 15th April 2026. This comes following the completion of track upgrades in Fleetwood which have been taking place since &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62656\">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\/62656"}],"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=62656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62657,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62656\/revisions\/62657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}