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Blackpool Tramway
Fleetwood Ferry Victoria Street London Street Fisherman's Walk Stanley Road Lindel Road Heathfield Road Broadwater Rossall Square Rossall School Rossall Beach Thornton Gate West Drive Cleveleys Anchorsholme Lane Little Bispham Norbreck North Norbreck Sandhurst Avenue Bispham Cavendish Road Lowther Avenue Cabin Cliffs Hotel Gynn Square Wilton Parade Pleasant Street North Pier (northbound) Talbot Square (eastbound only) North Station North Pier (southbound) Tower Central Pier Manchester Square Rigby Road depot (Heritage only) St Chad's Road Waterloo Road (Blackpool South ) South Pier Pleasure Beach Burlington Road West (Pleasure Beach ) Harrow Place Starr Gate depot Starr Gate (Squires Gate )

Blackpool Tramway
Fleetwood Ferry Victoria Street London Street Fisherman's Walk Freeport Stanley Road Three Lights Lindel Road Carla Gran Heathfield Road Hawley Gardens Broadwater Burn Naze Rossall Square Hillhouse International Rossall School Hillylaid Road Rossall Beach Thornton Thornton Gate Amounderness Parkway West Drive Little Carleton Cleveleys Poulton Anchorsholme Lane North Fylde Line (Kirkham and Preston) Little Bispham Norbreck North Norbreck Sandhurst Avenue Bispham Cavendish Road Lowther Avenue Cabin Layton Cliffs Hotel Gynn Square Wilton Parade Pleasant Street North Pier (northbound) Talbot Square (eastbound only) North Station North Pier (southbound) Tower Central Pier Manchester Square Rigby Road depot St Chad's Road Waterloo Road South Pier Pleasure Beach Burlington Road West Big Blue Hotel Harrow Place Harrowside Squires Gate Coastal Dunes Starr Gate Highbury Road Starr Gate depot St Leonard's Road St Annes File:BSicon vSTR-HST violet.svg St Thomas' Road File:BSicon vSTR-HST violet.svg Clifton Hospital File:BSicon vBHF-BHF violet.svg Ansdell and Fairhaven File:BSicon vSTR-HST violet.svg Blackpool Road File:BSicon vBHF-BHF violet.svg Lytham Saltcotes Road South Fylde Line (Kirkham and Preston)

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Blackpool Tramway
Fleetwood Ferry Victoria Street London Street Fisherman's Walk Stanley Road Lindel Road Heathfield Road Broadwater Rossall Square Rossall School Rossall Beach Thornton Gate West Drive Cleveleys Anchorsholme Lane Little Bispham Norbreck North Norbreck Sandhurst Avenue Bispham Cavendish Road Lowther Avenue Cabin Cliffs Hotel Gynn Square Wilton Parade Pleasant Street North Pier northbound File:BSicon BHF violetlg.svg Talbot Square eastbound only File:BSicon BHF violetlfq.svg North Station North Pier southbound File:BSicon BHF violetlf.svg Tower Central Pier Manchester Square Rigby Road depot St Chad's Road Waterloo Road South Pier Pleasure Beach Link to Lytham proposed Burlington Road West Harrow Place Starr Gate depot Starr Gate

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 these discussions ^[1],[2] for more information.

References

These references will appear in the article, but this list appears only on this page.

Blackpool Heritage Trams
Fleetwood Ferry Cleveleys Bispham North Pier and Tower Rigby Road depot Pleasure Beach Starr Gate
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 these discussions [1],[2] 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 these discussions ^[1],[2] for more information.

References

These references will appear in the article, but this list appears only on this page.

BLACKPOOL TRAMWAY UPDATED ARTICLE

Blackpool Tramway
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 (1885-09-29)
Status	Open
Lines	3
Routes	Starr Gate to Fleetwood Ferry Starr Gate to North Station Fleetwood Ferry to North Station
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	18 Bombardier Flexity 2 15 English Electric Balloon
Statistics
Route length	18 km (11.2 mi)
Stops	38
2022/23	4.9 million 16.7%

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. It is operated by Blackpool Transport Services (BTS) and runs for 18 km (11 miles). It carried 4.9 million passengers in 2022/23.

North Station Extension (2024)

The first tram tracks are installed on Talbot Road, July 2018.

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, with the demolition of a homeware store in September 2020 to make way for the terminus and testing beginning on 16 March 2022. A new tram terminal was provided as part of the project, with an underpass providing access to the rail network.

Future developments

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). 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.

Current network=

Blackpool Tramway
Fleetwood Ferry Victoria Street London Street Fisherman's Walk Stanley Road Lindel Road Heathfield Road Broadwater Rossall Square Rossall School Rossall Beach Thornton Gate West Drive Cleveleys Anchorsholme Lane Little Bispham Norbreck North Norbreck Sandhurst Avenue Bispham Cavendish Road Lowther Avenue Cabin Cliffs Hotel Gynn Square Wilton Parade Pleasant Street North Pier (northbound) Talbot Square (eastbound only) North Station North Pier (southbound) Tower Central Pier Manchester Square Rigby Road depot (Heritage only) St Chad's Road Waterloo Road (Blackpool South ) South Pier Pleasure Beach Burlington Road West (Pleasure Beach ) Harrow Place Starr Gate depot Starr Gate (Squires Gate )

Blackpool Tramway route
Starr Gate – Fleetwood Ferry

Routes

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.

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.

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. They stop only at special 'heritage stops' next to normal tram stops at Pleasure Beach, North Pier, Cabin, Bispham, Cleveleys and Fleetwood Ferry. Temporary 'heritage stops' are also used for the traditional trams during select special events, such as at Starr Gate.

Frequencies

Route Name	From	To	Frequency	Days	Operated by
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.

Infrastructure

Track

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.