No need for them to be listed separately though. Just tighten up the times shown so they are bare minimum. Then if the tram has more stops than normal, it's late. If no one gets on, the times are already tight enough that no one needs to wait. You can't just not advertise trips properly in the timetable because they can't be bothered to add times to the trips.
Was it ever needed? T2 and T3 never met apart from on Talbot road, so there was no need to distinguish them for passengers. Anything else was shown by the destination indicator.
Surely there was a need to differentiate when they were departing from North station.
Shockingly bad. I do fear that we really have seen the last of the heritage trams. They should be a regular & permanent feature of the system. Operators all over the world make it work, Blackpool can't seem to, probably because they don't want to.
One wonders if in 2026, passengers who use the tram service as purely a mode of commuting/traveling (which is what it is there to do) care one jot about this and are pleased to have modern trams to use.
Of course they are, but Blackpool is a holiday resort, and the tramway couldn't survive at it's current level without visitors. The heritage trams should be a great source of revenue, and attract more visitors, instead of the burden that BT seems to regard them as.
How do the tram fares compare to the bus fares (with the said visitors in mind) anf do visiting holders of ENCTS passes who have free bus travel in the Fylde area also have free tram fares
Sheffield trams still accept all ENCTS passes.
To use the Blackpool trams an ENCTS pass has to be issued within the Blackpool or Wyre council areas. Not Fylde
Apparently 143 has only gone to EATM for completion of restoration. It will return to Blackpool in service condition. So hopefully, a glimmer of hope.
There are no plans for it to return.
What was the source that you referred to that confirmed that 143 would be returning to Blackpool after the completion of the restoration?
It's on the Gazette website.
As above, the owners of the tram have said its a one way move and there is no plans for it to return.
I give more credence to the statement made by the current owners of the tram than the Gazette, unless the Gazette have plans to take over the ownership of 143.
The pressing a button to stop the tram issue is a bit quaint, I think, part of the charm!
And Nottingham trams have stop buttons which are used, obviously its normally pretty busy but for example on a Sunday morning you can have an almost non stop journey if a tram was running late.
I've got so used to the Nottingham trams always stopping at every stop at the times and places that I use them, I'm sure I'd forget to ring the bell if it was needed (in fact I have done this, just once, a long time ago).
