Road Planing Rigby Road & Blundell Street Junction

The road planer in operation on Rigby Road on 10th March

Further to the section of track that was removed to the north of the fitting shop in Blundell Street a few days ago, the tram tracks have now been lifted right across the junction with Rigby Road and into the northern part of Blundell Street, the reasons were obvious after a site visit on 10th March. The tram tracks have been removed in the area of the crossroads to enable a road planer to reduce the depth of the old road surface, in preparation for new layers of tarmac to be laid along Rigby Road and just into Blundell Street either side of the junction. A road planer belonging to J Fisher & Sons Ltd of Manchester was being used on Tuesday 10th March, to lower the road surface in readiness for resurfacing.

The road planer in action on Blundell Street

The Blundell Street & Rigby Road junction after the planer had removed the old road surface

Track Removal near north end of Fitting Shop

A view of the tram track which has been lifted in Blundell Street

A section of tram track has been removed in Blundell Street this week, which now prevents any tram from accessing the fitting shop via the northern (rear) entrance. It is not known why the short piece of track has been removed, as the remaining track along Blundell Street, through the new Foxhall Village housing development, is merely being covered over with tarmac rather than lifted. Access to Rigby Road from Blundell Street has been closed off for the duration of the work.

The track from the northern entrance of the fitting shop in the foreground

The remaining track heading north along Blundell Street still remains in situ

Preston Bus 'Connector'

Wrightbus Streetlight 32255 leaving Preston Bus Station on 3rd March

Preston Bus have given Wrightbus Streetlight 32255 (HF13 FZP) a vinyl wrap 'Connector' route branding. The 'Connector' branding is to promote Service 19, which connects the Larches Estate, Portway Park and Ride, Preston Railway Station, the Bus Station and Royal Preston Hospital. The vinyl wrap portrays a pale blue silhouette of Preston with the word 'connector' in silver letters superimposed over the townscape.

Streetlight 32255 approaching the Bus Station on Carlisle Street

Streetlight 32255 heading west along Lords Walk

Wrightbus Streetlight 32255 on Ringway

A rear view of Streetlight 32255 at the Portway Park and Ride car park