Flexity 018 en route to Blackpool

Flexity 018 during a break at Rivington Services on the M61

Flexity 018 was spotted at Rivington Services on the M61 on the afternoon of Friday 15th December, the transporter was awaiting a police escort before continuing on the final leg of its journey. The last of the two new Flexity trams for Blackpool had departed from Hull at ten o'clock in the morning, after arriving from the continent on a North Sea ferry.

Flexity 018 on the back of the transporter at Rivington Services on the M61

A closer view of Flexity 018 on the back of the transporter