Twin Cars 673 and 683 sat in the sunshine at Wyre Dock in February 2023 |
Twin Cars 673 and 683 seen at the fish dock on 5th December, the day before their move |
Twin Cars 673 and 683 sat in the sunshine at Wyre Dock in February 2023 |
Twin Cars 673 and 683 seen at the fish dock on 5th December, the day before their move |
Brush Cars 637 and 622 at the Fleetwood Ferry terminus on 27th September 2003 |
All that remains of 637 now are this pair of EMB L6 trucks seen at Wyre Dock on 5th December |
Brush Car 637 passing Carousel Amusements near Central Pier in May 2004 |
Brush 637 southbound at Manchester Square in June 1972 |
Archway Volvo B8L AC73WAY leaving Fleetwood along Amounderness Way heading for Poulton |
Volvo B8L AC73WAY turning out of Archway's depot on Copse Road on 28th November |
Archway Volvo B8L AC73WAY on Amounderness Way in Fleetwood on 1st December |
Archway Volvo B8L AC73WAY leaving Fleetwood for the afternoon route 607 school run from Poulton |
AC73WAY leaving Archway Travel's yard in Fleetwood for an afternoon school run on route 607 to Elswick |
Kowloon Motor Bus V6X128 (YE893) Volvo B8L 12.8m MCV eVoSeti (Wikimedia Commons) |
Reid's low loader leaving the bus yard at Rigby Road with Brush 634 |
Brush 634 being towed out of the body shop by Unimog 939 |
A former Blackpool Transport Volvo B7RLE at Bury Interchange (photo courtesy of Philip Higgs) |
Volvo B7RLE 530 and Enviro 400 City 409 at Cleveleys Bus Station in Aug 2016 |
The IOMSPC ferry Manxman seen from Cleveleys beach on its way to Heysham on 14th Oct |
The ferry Manxman on the 1415 sailing from Heysham on 12th Oct with very calm seas |
Former Blackpool Routemaster 525 purchased for London heritage service (photo courtesy of Philip Higgs) |
Routemaster 525 heading down Talbot Road on Service 12 to St Annes in 1987 |
It was noticed over the weekend that the heritage trams at Rigby Road tram depot have become barricaded in the running shed behind a line of steel fencing. Attached to the fence are notices saying "Pending survey results, the Tram Shed will be closed until further notice. Access may only be obtained with written permission from Jess Brown, Head of Safety & Facilities. Unauthorised access will be classified as a breach of Health and Safety rules and will therefore be treated as gross misconduct". Perhaps an inkling of the impending closure was the appearance of several heritage and illuminated trams down at Starr Gate depot over the last few days. Tramtown tours have also been cancelled at short notice, which is a further clue as to what is happening. The fitting shop, and presumably paint shop, are similarly out of bounds with prohibition notices posted on the doors. In the absence of any official announcement (as of Monday 2nd October) read into this what you will at the moment.One of the closure notices attached to the fence in front of the tram depot
The heritage trams barricaded in the running shed at Rigby Road |
Bolton 66 was the last heritage tram of the day to Fleetwood, seen here passing the Pharos Lighthouse |
Railcoach 680 at Bispham, with a BTS ADL Enviro400 City passing by |
Boat 277 at Bispham, heading north to turn around at Little Bispham |
First Eastern Counties Scania N250UD ADL Enviro400 City 36918 at Gynn Square |
First Potteries low height Wright Streetdeck 35944, leaving the Metropole Hotel heading for Middle Walk |
National Express West Midlands ADL Enviro400 MMC 7541 |
Stagecoach Cumbria and North Lancashire open top Volvo B5TL Wright Gemini 3 13804 |