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Balloon 700 to North Station 15.6.24

June 15, 2024 - History is made on 15th June 2024 as Balloon 700 becomes the first of Blackpool's Heritage tram fleet to carry passenger...
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Blackpool Jubilee Heritage Tram Parade 2.6.22

June 08, 2022 - On Thursday 2nd June, I headed down to Blackpool for the day to see the Jubilee Heritage Tram Parade. I arrived in Blac...
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Blackpool Heritage Gold Day and Depot Tour 19.2.22

February 22, 2022 - The weekend of 19th and 20th February saw Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours first 'Gold Weekend' of 2022. The weekend was du...
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Wartime livery repaint for Balloon 700 28.12.21

January 02, 2022 - After 10 years in Blackpool Transport's 'Flexity' Purple and White livery, Balloon 700 has been repainted back into the...
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The Magical Express Tour Tram (Blackpool Balloon 723) 18.12.21

December 18, 2021 - A very quick stop off at Blackpool this afternoon allowed me the chance to grab a couple of photographs of Blackpool's m...
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Blackpool trams 134th anniversary weekend 29-30th September

October 13, 2019 - The Blackpool tramway anniversary weekend is one of the highlights for tramway enthusiasts. Over the course of the weeke...
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Blackpool Trams 5.4 - 8.4.19

April 12, 2019 - Friday 5th April I arrived in Blackpool around 6pm, too late to see the heritage trams in service. The 15 minute servic...
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Overhauls for Balloons 704 and 706 at Blackpool

March 28, 2019 - Two excellent pieces of news have came from the Blackpool Tramway this week: The first is that the major overhaul of th...
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Blackpool Trams Anniversary Spectacular weekend 21.9-24.9

September 27, 2018 - Friday 21st September I arrived in a very windy Blackpool at 2pm and Brush Car 621 and Ex towing Railcoach 680 were wor...
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Centenary 642's new livery 19.8.18

August 26, 2018 - Sunday 19th August saw Centenary Car 642 make a return to service for the Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours after just over...
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Blackpool Trams 17.8-19.8

August 21, 2018 - I was in Blackpool from 17th - 19th August. I arrived mid afternoon on the Friday and the promenade heritage service was...
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Blackpool Heritage Trams 1.7.18-7.7.18

July 09, 2018 - I was in Blackpool for a week long holiday from 1st - 7th July. The blue heritage service was in operation for the full...
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Flexity 018 arrives in Blackpool 16.12.17

December 16, 2017 - The second of 2 additional Flexity trams ordered by Blackpool Transport has arrived in Blackpool. Flexity 018 arrived at...
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Flexity 017 arrives in Blackpool

December 02, 2017 - The first of 2 additional Flexity trams ordered by Blackpool Transport has arrived in Blackpool. Flexity 017 arrived at...
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Brush Car Friday

September 15, 2017 - Blackpool Heritage Trams Trust have announced that as part of the 132nd anniversary weekend celebrations, that a bonus e...
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