Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad

Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad

File:Blackpool tram 40 Box car.jpg Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad car 40 preserved on the Blackpool Tramway
Operation
Locale	Blackpool, Fleetwood
Open	14 July 1898
Close	1 January 1920
Status	Taken over by Blackpool Corporation Tramways
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Propulsion system(s)	Electric
Statistics
Route length	8.21 miles (13.21 km)

The Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad operated a tramway service between Blackpool and Fleetwood between 1898 and 1920.

History

Bispham depot name stone at the National Tramway Museum

Construction of the tramway began in 1897. Within Blackpool, the tracks were constructed by the corporation. Services started on 14 July 1898.

There were three depots, Copse Road, Fleetwood, Bispham, Blackpool and Bold Street in Fleetwood.

The company had a fleet of 41 tramcars in a brown and cream livery.

Closure

The Blackpool and Fleetwood Tramroad was taken over by Blackpool Corporation Tramways on 1 January 1920 at a cost of £284,000 (equivalent to £10,188,233 in 2021). Two tramcars survive, both in the National Tramway Museum collection. No. 2 (known as 'Rack 2') built in 1898 is on display at the NTM's main base at Crich, Derbyshire. No. 40 (known as 'Box 40') built in 1914 is on long term loan from the NTM to Blackpool Transport Services, and is operational in their heritage 'C' fleet.