642 at Pleasure BeachCentenary car 642 waits at Pleasure Beach prior to departing with a heritage service to Little Bispham. The tram returned had just returned to service after a 2 year layoff. 642 is wearing an up to date recreation of it's 1995 Travelcard advert with 90's Green and Cream ends. 19.8.18 I was in Blackpool from 17th - 19th August.   I arrived mid afternoon on the Friday and the promenade heritage service was in operation with Balloon 717 and Brush Car 621 operating between Pleasure Beach and North Pier.  Standard 147 was due to be working on the service however, 621 was a late replacement working on route B (operating the 2 extended afternoon journeys to Cabin).   Balloon 715 operated the evening ghost tour to Fleetwood and back.

During the first three weekends in August, the heritage trams were extended to operate from Pleasure Beach - Bispham or Little Bispham on a 20 minute frequency (30 minutes between 12 and 2pm) using 4 trams instead of the usual 2.   On the Saturday, the service was operated by Blackpool and Fleetwood 40 (route A), Standard 147 (route B), Bolton 66 (route C) and Balloon 717 (route D).

Sunday saw the return to service of Centenary car 642, which was making it's passenger debut in an up to date recreation of the Travelcard advert that the tram carried in 1995. 642, which hadn't ran since 2016, had previously carried a faded yellow basecoat, which it had carried since 2005.   642 debuted on Route A, with Balloon 715 on route B, Brush Car 621 on route C and Blackpool and Fleetwood 40 on route D (instead of the advertised Standard 147).