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Suspending heritage tram service at Christmas dubbed 'very short-sighted'

Blackpool Transport managing director Jane Cole says the trams will return to the Promenade next summer, reports Shelagh Parkinson

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Dec 11, 2024
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Heritage trams running in Blackpool

Blackpool South MP Chris Webb has called for the town’s historic trams to be back running as soon as possible after the service was suspended.

The heritage tram service – which runs along the Promenade alongside the modern Flexity trams – has been operating since 2014 but was suspended last weekend by council-owned Blac…

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