Date: 03/06/2011

Some of the old tramcars that operate between Fleetwood and Blackpool will run for the last time this summer. They are being replaced as part of a multimillion-pound upgrade of track and stops. [From Mark Bartlett]

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This summer some of the old tramcars running between Blackpool and Fleetwood will be retired from service.

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16 brand new Bombardier trams have been ordered for Blackpool and a new depot is to be built at Starr Gate to maintain them - although it looks like a sitting tenant will have to be evicted first. Rebuilt double-decker 724 is waiting to form a service to Fleetwood and will negotiate the tight turning circle before heading north again.Shortly after this photo was taken this section of line was closed to allow relaying and the construction of the new depot [See image 31269].
Location: Starr Gate
Company: Blackpool Tramroad and Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad
11/08/2009 Mark Bartlett

When current plans come to fruition Fleetwood will be served by new articulated light rail vehicles on all regular services. Blackpool's historic trams, such as restored 717 seen here entering Lord Street, will usually be confined to the central part of the system in Blackpool itself. The former Woolworths store, now empty, fronts onto the street at this point.
Location: Fleetwood [Tram]
Company: Blackpool Tramroad and Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad
06/10/2009 Mark Bartlett

With new platforms under construction in the foreground, tram 762 rumbles across the crossing at Rossall School. 762 is one of the Jubilee class of two trams that were rebuilt with East Lancs bodies and which seemed considerably larger than all the other trams in the fleet. After withdrawal in 2011 it moved to the National Tramway museum at Crich. The large waiting shelter at this tram stop was demolished when the new halt was completed. [See image 22575] for the same view eighteen months earlier.
Location: Rossall School
Company: Blackpool Tramroad and Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad
16/10/2010 Mark Bartlett