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This is a route-map template for the Blackpool Tramway, a UK tramway.
- For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.
- For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
- For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue.
Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See this discussion for more information.
References
- ^ "Tram Fleetwood to Starr Gate". Blackpool Transport Services Ltd. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours". Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "Tram Fleetwood to Starr Gate". Blackpool Transport Services Ltd. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Timetables & Fares". Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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This is a route-map template for the Blackpool Tramway, a UK tramway.
- For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.
- For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
- For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue.
Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See this discussion for more information.
References
- ^ "Tram Fleetwood to Starr Gate". Blackpool Transport Services Ltd. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Timetables & Fares". Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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This is a route-map template for the Blackpool Tramway, a UK tramway.
Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See this discussion for more information. |
This is a route-map template for the Blackpool Tramway, a UK tramway.
- For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.
- For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
- For pictograms used, see Commons:BSicon/Catalogue.
Note: Per consensus and convention, most route-map templates are used in a single article in order to separate their complex and fragile syntax from normal article wikitext. See this discussion for more information.
References
- ^ "Timetables & Fares". Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
BLACKPOOL TRAMWAY UPDATED ARTICLE
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![]() A Bombardier Flexity 2 and a Balloon double-decker at North Pier | |
Operation | |
Locale | Blackpool, Fleetwood, and the Fylde Coast, England |
Open | 29 September 1885 |
Status | Open |
Lines | 3 |
Routes |
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Owner(s) | Blackpool Council |
Operator(s) | Blackpool Transport |
Infrastructure | |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
Electrification | 600 V DC Overhead lines |
Stock | |
Statistics | |
Route length | 18 km (11.2 mi)[1] |
Stops | 38[3] |
2022/23 | 4.9 million[2]![]() |
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The Blackpool Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on The Fylde in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world.[4] It is operated by Blackpool Transport Services (BTS) and runs for 18 km (11 miles).[1] It carried 4.9 million passengers in 2022/23.[2]
North Station Extension (2024)
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An extension of the tramway along Talbot Road to Blackpool North railway station opened on 12 June 2024 following several delays. The new line connected to the Promenade line at Talboat Square, increasing the tramway's routes to three total with a new service from each of the existing termini to the station.
Enabling for the extension began on 6 November 2017,[5] with the demolition of a homeware store in September 2020 to make way for the terminus and testing beginning on 16 March 2022. [6][7] A new tram terminal was provided as part of the project, with an underpass providing access to the rail network.[8] [9]
Future developments
[edit]There have been several proposals for further extensions of the tramway, most notably along the South Fylde Line (to Lytham St Annes) and the Fleetwood Branch Line (to Poulton-le-Fylde).[10] Blackpool Council, Fylde Council and Wyre Council have each applied for £800,000 in order to pursue a feasibility study which would investigate a "Tram Loop" proposal encompassing the two branch lines.[11]
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Starr Gate – Fleetwood Ferry
Routes
[edit]The tramway runs from Starr Gate in Blackpool in the south, to the Ferry Terminus in Fleetwood in the north, mostly along the Fylde Coast sea front, turning inland at Cleveleys for the last few miles before ending at the coast in Fleetwood. There is a spur in Blackpool Town Centre to link to a terminus at Blackpool North Railway Station. Some services, especially in busy periods such as during Blackpool Illuminations or on bank holidays, start or terminate short at Cleveleys, Little Bispham, Bispham, or the Pleasure Beach to allow a more intensive service through the centre of Blackpool. During the Illuminations, decorated trams carry passengers on the promenade along the illuminated area, running from Pleasure Beach to Bispham.[14]
There are four loops: at Starr Gate (although not generally used during service), opposite the Pleasure Beach, Little Bispham and Fleetwood, as well as links to Rigby Road Depot.[15]
The Flexity 2 trams now operate the main services, with modified English Electric Balloon double-deck trams available if necessary.
A 'heritage service' provided by unmodified, traditional trams operates on select weekdays, weekends, bank holidays and summer months, as well as on tours during the illuminations.[16] They stop only at special 'heritage stops' next to normal tram stops at Pleasure Beach, North Pier, Cabin, Bispham, Cleveleys and Fleetwood Ferry.[17] Temporary 'heritage stops' are also used for the traditional trams during select special events, such as at Starr Gate.
Frequencies
[edit]Route Name | From | To | Frequency | Days | Operated by |
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T1 | Starr Gate | Fleetwood Ferry | Every 30 minutes daytime* | Mon–Sun (inc. Bank Holidays) | Flexity 2 |
T2 | Starr Gate | North Station | Every 30 minutes daytime* | Mon–Sun (inc. Bank Holidays) | Flexity 2 |
T3 | Fleetwood Ferry | North Station | Every 30 minutes daytime* | Mon–Sun (inc. Bank Holidays) | Flexity 2 |
Heritage Tram Tours | Pleasure Beach | North Pier/Cabin (Fleetwood on Bank Holidays and special days) | Every 20 to 30 minutes daytime* | Sat–Sun, school holidays, peak days and during Blackpool Illuminations | Heritage |
*Frequency is dependent on season and/or time of day.[18]
Infrastructure
[edit]Track
[edit]The route is made up of four different types of track:
- Street running, open to all traffic – along Lord Street and North Albert Street in Fleetwood and along Talbot Road in Blackpool town centre to North Station. There is also a stretch in Blackpool from Rigby Road Depot to the Promenade along Hopton Road and Lytham Road used for trams entering and leaving service only. A short stretch on the Promenade in Blackpool behind the Metropole Hotel was previously in this form, but was converted to reserved track during the 2011/12 tramway upgrade.
- Paved reserved track alongside a road, open to pedestrians but not road traffic – along most of the route between Starr Gate and Cabin.
- Reserved ballasted track, open to trams only – from Cabin to Rossall and along Radcliffe Road in Fleetwood.
- Interurban style, not following a road and open to trams only – from Rossall to Radcliffe Road, Fleetwood.
- ^ a b "Route kilometres open for passenger traffic on light rail and trams and undergrounds by system: Great Britain – annual from 1995/96". UK Government Department for Transport. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Light rail and tram statistics, England: year ending March 2023". GOV.UK. Department for Transport. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ "Blackpool Tramway – Destinations". Blackpool Tramway. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
- ^ "Blackpool trams". thetrams.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
- ^ "Making Blackpool better". Blackpool.gov.uk.
- ^ "'Significant progress' made on Blackpool town centre investment plans". Blackpoolgazette.co.uk. 27 February 2019.
- ^ "First trams tested on Blackpool's new £22million Talbot Gateway extension". www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "Tramway terminal centre of Talbot Gateway phase two". Blackpool.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "First Rider". Blackpool.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ "MP unveils ambitious plan to create tram loop on Fylde Coast". Blackpoolgazette.co.uk. 9 January 2019.
- ^ Blackpool Council (7 April 2020). "Future High Street Fund (FHSF) and the Fylde Coast Tram Loop" (PDF). blackpool.gov.uk.
- ^ "Tram Fleetwood to Starr Gate". Blackpool Transport Services Ltd. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours". Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Blackpool Transport Heritage Trams". Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Tram Fleetwood to Starr Gate". Blackpool Transport Services Ltd. Retrieved 16 June 2024.