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The City Class tram was given the number 611 in the Blackpool tramcar fleet, which had last been used by English Electric Railcoach No. 611 prior to being rebuilt as OMO car No. 12. City Class tram 611 departed Blackpool in 2000 after testing, so that modifications could be made prior to a second visit for further testing and it returned in 2005.
A large fleet of vehicles that were retained from previous generations of the town's tramway operations, as well as some from other locations, were operated as Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours. The fleet was suspended in December 2024 with no date given for a resumption of service.However, this is expected to be sometime in 2025.
Crossbench Rack car No. 2. The Crossbench Rack cars were 16 open-sided trams built between 1898 and 1899 by G.F. Milnes.They were originally numbered 1–13 and 25–27 in the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad fleet, before being renumbered 126–141 after being purchased by Blackpool Corporation Transport in 1920.
Jubilee tram 762 at the Sand Castle, Blackpool. In the late 1970s, Blackpool Corporation decided that the tramway fleet needed modernising after the closure of the inland routes during the 1960s. Attention was drawn to two Balloon cars, 714 and 725, which had been mothballed as they were in dire need of an overhaul.
Blackpool Transport also operates the Blackpool Tramway, which currently has a varied fleet of eighteen modern Bombardier Flexity 2 articulated low floor trams, and nine modernised 1930s double-deck English Electric Balloon cars. The assortment of various heritage trams were suspended in December 2024 due to operational difficulties relating to ...
The first stop on the Promenade in Blackpool. It has a station building with toilet facilities on the northbound platform. Some trams from Starr Gate terminate here during the summer and Blackpool Illuminations. There is a track loop north of the platforms, for northbound turnbacks only. Norbreck North
Blackpool Council placed the £33m order for the 16 Flexity 2 trams in July 2009, with funding from the council, Department for Transport and Lancashire County Council. [7] [8] The worldwide launch of the Flexity 2 family took place with the unveiling of the first Blackpool tram on 8 September 2011. [3] They entered service on 4 April 2012. [2]
40 is an example of the Blackpool Standard trams, built in the 1920s to improve Blackpool's tram fleet. Some of which were fully enclosed but others, like 40, had open balconies. It was the last open balcony tram to operate in Great Britain, being withdrawn in 1963 and was then transferred to Crich almost immediately.