Single Line Working on the Tramway

Southbound Flexity 003 using the northbound line as it passes the works at Talbot Square

Due to track welding taking place at Talbot Square this week, the Flexity trams have been operating a single line service between North Pier and Cabin. Although the Blackpool Transport service updates on their website and Twitter feed indicate that it is the southbound track that is being used, on the day of my visit it was the northbound line only that was in use, with the southbound line being blocked by the work at Talbot Square. Notices posted on the southbound platforms also indicate that it is the southbound line only that will be in use, although the opposite proved to be the case, at least on the day of my visit, all rather confusing to the public.

Customer service notice confusingly stating that the southbound track only is in use

Plastic barrier blocking the southbound track and carrying customer information

Flexity 014 at Pleasant Street, picking up a southbound passenger from the northbound platform

Southbound Flexity 017 crossing to the northbound track at Cabin for its onward journey

Southbound Flexity 001 passing the work at Talbot Square using the northbound track