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davehsug

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Piece in the Gazette today saying that heritage trams will not run until at least the lightpool festival in October. More worryingly they were mentioning the possibility of static displays!
I also forgot to mention in my post about last week, that there are delays between Rossall Square and Fisherman's Walk due to track problems. There are frequent stretches of 10 mph/kph speed limits. I would presume this may be weather related.
 

gomango

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Piece in the Gazette today saying that heritage trams will not run until at least the lightpool festival in October. More worryingly they were mentioning the possibility of static displays!
I also forgot to mention in my post about last week, that there are delays between Rossall Square and Fisherman's Walk due to track problems. There are frequent stretches of 10 mph/kph speed limits. I would presume this may be weather related.
Reckon there will loads of overcrowding for the next couple months, visiting Blackpool next weekend so will see how busy it gets especially with the fireworks on

That is worrying about the static displays being mentioned
 

Towers

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Reckon there will loads of overcrowding for the next couple months, visiting Blackpool next weekend so will see how busy it gets especially with the fireworks on

That is worrying about the static displays being mentioned
It’s certainly a far, far cry from how competently the tramway used to cope with the holiday crowds once upon a time. A sad shadow of its former self, especially given the setting in which it operates.
 

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