{"id":64632,"date":"2026-09-20T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=64632"},"modified":"2026-09-20T10:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:19:10","slug":"in-pictures-tram-delays-in-blackpool-after-overhead-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=64632","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Tram delays in Blackpool after overhead problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were delays on the Blackpool Tramway on Thursday 17<sup>th<\/sup> September after a broken span wire at Norbreck North led to a split service having to operate for a time.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Whilst the engineering team dealt with the broken span wire \u2013 with <strong>Unimog 939<\/strong> called to the scene to assist \u2013 trams ran between Starr Gate and Bispham via North Station and Thornton Gate to Fleetwood Ferry.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was first reported just after 0900 with repairs concluded to allow services to resume a few hours later.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_64633\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1.939-os.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64633\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64633\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1.939-os-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1.939-os-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1.939-os-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1.939-os.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unimog 939 to the rescue and showing off its rail capabilities.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_64634\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2.011bispham-os.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64634\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64634\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2.011bispham-os-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2.011bispham-os-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2.011bispham-os-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2.011bispham-os.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">011 is seen at Bispham Station. It was unable to access the centre track for around 10 minutes because it was blocked by engineering vehicles attending the incident.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_64635\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3.017-os.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-64635\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64635\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3.017-os-550x413.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3.017-os-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3.017-os-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3.017-os.jpg 1265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-64635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taken from on-board 003 we see 017 waiting to get into Bispham Station. Noddy and Big Ears look on quite happy to know their car doesn\u2019t need to worry about overhead wires! (All Photographs by Oliver Shenton, 17th September 2026)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were delays on the Blackpool Tramway on Thursday 17th September after a broken span wire at Norbreck North led to a split service having to operate for a time.<\/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\/64632"}],"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=64632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64636,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64632\/revisions\/64636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}