{"id":62800,"date":"2026-04-30T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62800"},"modified":"2026-04-30T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T16:56:00","slug":"in-pictures-another-flexity2-returns-to-service-in-blackpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62800","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Another Flexity2 returns to service in Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The operating modern tram fleet of the Blackpool Tramway has been further boosted with the return to service of <strong>004<\/strong>. Meanwhile, two other recent absentees (<strong>006<\/strong> and <strong>017<\/strong>) are being tested ahead of their own returns to action.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>004<\/strong> had last been seen in service back in December 2025 and since then has been within Starr Gate Depot. Like many of its sisters it has been undergoing enhanced winter maintenance and with this now completed it is back in action for the first time in four months on Friday 24<sup>th<\/sup> April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected that <strong>006<\/strong> and <strong>017<\/strong> won\u2019t be far behind either with them having commenced testing.<\/p>\n<p>That will leave just <strong>005<\/strong> (last ran July 2022), <strong>010<\/strong> (last ran August 2025) and <strong>012<\/strong> (last ran December 2025) to be returned to service.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62801\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/004-mm.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62801\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62801\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/004-mm-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/004-mm-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/004-mm-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/004-mm.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62801\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">004 calls at Talbot Square on its way up Talbot Road to North Station. (Photograph by Michael Morton, 24th April 2026)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The operating modern tram fleet of the Blackpool Tramway has been further boosted with the return to service of 004. Meanwhile, two other recent absentees (006 and 017) are being tested ahead of their own returns to action.<\/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\/62800"}],"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=62800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62802,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62800\/revisions\/62802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}