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.
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