What a week of countdowns:
Tuesday 11th June 2024 - final preparations including extra No entry bollards.
Wednesday 12th June 2024 - Special VIP trip to Blackpool North Railway Station tram plaza with lunch.
Thursday 13th June 2024 - special enthusiasts’ runs to Blackpool North using Bombardier Flexity 2, 018.
Friday 14th June 2024 - special enthusiasts’ runs to Blackpool North using Bombardier Flexity 2, 018.
Saturday 15th June 2024 - heritage special to Blackpool North Railway station using Balloon car 700.
Sunday 16th June 2024 - Day One of the new network - some teething problems but very good operation.
Monday 17th June 2024 - first weekday of operation with good loadings to and from Blackpool North Railway Station tram plaza. Good operation with good comments from customers.
T1: Starr Gate to Fleetwood via Promenade.
T2: Starr Gate to Blackpool North Railway Station.
T3: Fleetwood to Blackpool North Railway Station.
On Monday 17th June 2024, we chatted to customers at North Station and just some of their comments are here:-
• “This is brilliant! We now don’t have to walk all the way up Talbot Road to get the train to go shopping in Preston or Manchester”.
• “I have just arrived from London on the Avanti and the tram goes straight to my hotel near the Pleasure Beach. All so professional.”
• “Should never have got rid of the trams to Blackpool North Station all those years ago. But now, they have certainly made amends.”
• “Will be nicer when it’s not a building site all around the posh new tram station. Not as if they’ve not had time to tarmac it.”
• “This is so much easier when you are disabled like me. Straight off the tram, through the tunnel and into the station. Pity the station is such a dump”.
• “Need some earlier trams from Cleveleys as my husband cannot commute on the tram.”
The first trams at North Pier/Talbot Square on weekdays and Saturdays on the new timetable are as follows:
T1 northbound: 05:19, 05:49; 06:19; 06:49 then every 30 minutes until 22:19; 22:49; 23:19. On Saturdays the timetable starts at 06:19.
T1 southbound: 06:55; 07:25; 07:55; 08:25 then every 30 minutes until 22:25; 22:55; 23:30; 23:40; 23:55; 00:10; 00:25; 00:40; 00:55. On Saturdays, the timetable starts at 07:55.
T2 northbound: 05:34; 06:04; 06:34; 07:09; 07:14; 07:34; 08:04; 08:09; 08:34; 08:39; 09:04; 09:34; 09:39; 10:04; 10:34 then every 30 minutes until 22:04; 22:34: 23:34. On Saturdays the first journey is 06:34
T2 southbound: 05:50; 06:20; 06:50; 07:20; 07:50; 08:20; 08:50 then every 30 minutes until 20:20; 20:50; 21:33; 21:50; 22:03; 22:30; 22:50; 23:25; 23:50. On Saturdays, the first journey is at 06:50.
T3 northbound: 07:35; 08:35; 09:05; 09:35; 10:05; 10:35 then every 30 minutes until 22:05; 22:35; 23:05
T3 southbound: 09:10; 09:40; 10:10; 10:40 then every 30 minutes until 22:10; 22:40; 23:10; 23:40
Some T3s (usually the one on non-standard times on service T2, run out to North Station as T2s and run in from North Station as T2s.
If you are coming from Fleetwood, you have absolutely no chance of catching a morning peak train from Blackpool North Railway Station as the earliest arrival is 09:15 with your train arriving into Manchester Piccadilly at 11:15.
We have now covered each day since the VIP launch on Wednesday 12th June 2024. Time for a rest, we think, but here is the compilation of events.
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Monday 17th June 2024
5 сен 2024
