Progress, maybe
Overlooked by Decimus Burton's Upper (Pharos) Lighthouse of 1840, one of Blackpool's new low-floor Bombardier Flexity2 trams sets off on its journey back to Starr Gate. "Progress" is Blackpool's official motto, and the town is proud of its upgraded tramway, but the while 16 units now in service provide all mod-cons for the local population, they are less wondrous as crowd-shifters during the Illuminations season. Being squidged in with the rest of the crowds is as much fun as a rush-hour journey on the London Tube - and I saw no sign of the remaining heritage trams giving a hand.
Progress, maybe
Overlooked by Decimus Burton's Upper (Pharos) Lighthouse of 1840, one of Blackpool's new low-floor Bombardier Flexity2 trams sets off on its journey back to Starr Gate. "Progress" is Blackpool's official motto, and the town is proud of its upgraded tramway, but the while 16 units now in service provide all mod-cons for the local population, they are less wondrous as crowd-shifters during the Illuminations season. Being squidged in with the rest of the crowds is as much fun as a rush-hour journey on the London Tube - and I saw no sign of the remaining heritage trams giving a hand.