{"id":63332,"date":"2026-06-09T22:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=63332"},"modified":"2026-06-09T19:36:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:36:58","slug":"in-pictures-blackpool-marton-vambac-11-returns-to-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=63332","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 returns to service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The East Anglia Transport Museum have a fifth tram to call upon in service now following the first use of <strong>Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11<\/strong> for this season on Sunday 31<sup>st<\/sup> May 2026.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>11<\/strong> had in fact run on 1<sup>st<\/sup> January 2026 when the East Anglia Transport Museum open their doors, but that is strictly the 2025 season so 31<sup>st<\/sup> May is in fact the first time it had been used in passenger service in the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>Since it last ran it has enjoyed workshop attention which has included an overhaul of its air compressor. It has also had work on its resilient wheel rubbers.<\/p>\n<p>It now joins fellow Blackpool streamliner, <strong>Brush Railcoach 634<\/strong>, <strong>Amsterdam 474<\/strong>, <strong>London Transport 1858<\/strong> and <strong>Sheffield 513<\/strong> in being available for service. And all five are down on the tramcar rota for June at various times (with two scheduled for service on each opening day).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63333\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1.11-bg.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63333\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1.11-bg-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1.11-bg-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1.11-bg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1.11-bg.jpg 1257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The trolley is turned on 11 as it stands at Chapel Road.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_63334\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.11-bg.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63334\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63334\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.11-bg-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.11-bg-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.11-bg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.11-bg.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">11 sets off from the terminus with Blackpool Brush Railcoach 634 behind at the stop.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_63335\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.634may-bg.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63335\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63335\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.634may-bg-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.634may-bg-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.634may-bg-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.634may-bg.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63335\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of 634 as its approaching Chapel Road terminus. We can also see Sheffield 513 at the front of the depot. (All Photographs by Bryan Grint, 31st May 2026)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The East Anglia Transport Museum have a fifth tram to call upon in service now following the first use of Blackpool Marton VAMBAC 11 for this season on Sunday 31st May 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63332"}],"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=63332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63336,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63332\/revisions\/63336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}