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Blackpool to Fleetwood by Tram Mike Rhodes

Blackpool to Fleetwood by Tram By Mike Rhodes

Blackpool to Fleetwood by Tram by Mike Rhodes


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A photographic celebration of the famous Blackpool trams. This book features a wide cross-section of trams which have operated at the seaside resort over the past forty years.

Blackpool to Fleetwood by Tram Summary

Blackpool to Fleetwood by Tram: A 40 Year Journey by Mike Rhodes

The Blackpool Electric Tramway Company commenced operation of a conduit system of railed vehicles along the Promenade between Cocker Street and Station Road on 29 September 1885. By the 1930s the rolling stock was becoming somewhat worn out and, following the appointment of Walter Luff as General Manager in November 1932, the fleet was revolutionised. Over the next few years Luff introduced a fleet of eighty-four streamlined cars and built a new depot at Rigby Road in which to house them. These formed the backbone of the fleet for several decades and a considerable number, although significantly altered, continued in service until the end of conventional tramway operation on 6 November 2011. Following a substantial injection of government funding in January 2008 the failing tramway was revitalised and like a phoenix from the ashes the whole system was modernised and reopened as a Light Rail Transit system in April 2012, with a fleet of new LRT articulated vehicles, which were housed in a new depot at Starr Gate. This book features a wide cross-section of trams that have operated at the seaside resort over the past forty years and follows the line from Starr Gate to Fleetwood, with many comparisons made between the old and new systems.

About Mike Rhodes

Mike Rhodes hails from Preston and became interested in both road and rail transport from an early age. He has published several books and has been photographing buses since 1974.

Additional information

NGR9781398108424
9781398108424
1398108421
Blackpool to Fleetwood by Tram: A 40 Year Journey by Mike Rhodes
New
Paperback
Amberley Publishing
2022-01-15
96
N/A
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