IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Radcliffe Road, FLEETWOOD, FY7 7NS

One of the new Bombardier Flexity 2 trams running past the Fisherman's Friend factory at Fleetwood.

Fleetwood's most famous export?. The Fisherman's Friend Factory on Copse Road.

The tram is displaying the destination 'Fisherman's Walk', which is at the south end of Lord Street, because the latter was closed for the day's Remembrance Parade. This destination has been a rarity in the past, but will be the norm when the tramway reopens in the Spring because the tramway through the streets of Fleetwood has already closed down for rebuilding as part of the introduction of modern light rail vehicles.

From the Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramway.

Houses on Radcliffe Road facing Stanley Road tram stop.

Blackpool has long been famed as the home of the coastal tram line that ran for more than a century from Squires Gate at Blackpool, through the centre of Cleveleys and right through to Fleetwood Pier. Blackpool built what was the country’s first permanent electric street tramway, which opened on 29 September 1885. Unfortunately, the old tram cars didn't comply with modern access rules for disabled passengers, which meant that if they weren't changed and adapted the service would ultimately have had to cease. So it was decided that the tramway should be modernised for the twenty first century, with new tracks and platforms and a completely new system for the future. The first of the new Bombardier Flexity 2 (http://www.bombardier.com/en/transportation/products-services/rail-vehicles/light-rail-vehicles/flexity-2-trams/blackpool--united-kingdom Bombardier web site) trams began carrying passengers on 3 April 2012 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-14836203 BBC Lancashire News). Some of the heritage trams have been retained and will continue to run from Squires Gate to Little Bispham as a tourist attraction. Here, tram number 013 is stationary at the Lindel Road tram stop on its way into Fleetwood.