Blackpool's Heritage Trams 

 

                 Blackpool's trams are famous across the world the only other feature perhaps more famous         is the   Blackpool Tower.                       

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Trams          Pictures taken end of October 2008

 

    The Blackpool tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England. Is the only surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom. The tramway dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is run by Blackpool Transport (BTS) as part of the Metro Coastlines, owned by Blackpool Borough Council.

 The tramway runs for 11 from Stargate (South Blackpool), to Fletwood and carries over 6,000,000 passengers each year

 

                          

                       

                        

                                           

                        

                                      Nighttime  -  Trams during Blackpool Illuminations.