Blackpool to Fleetwood by Tram

The Blackpool Electric Tramway Company commenced operation of a conduit system of railed vehicles along the Promenade between Cocker Street and Station Road on 29 September 1885. By the 1930s the rolling stock was becoming somewhat worn out and, following the appointment of Walter Luff as General Manager in November 1932, the fleet was revolutionised. Over the next few years Luff introduced a fleet of 84 streamlined cars and built a new depot at Rigby Road. These formed the backbone of the fleet for several decades and a considerable number, although significantly altered, continued in service until the end of conventional tramway operation in November 2011. Following a substantial injection of government funding in January 2008, the failing tramway was revitalised in April 2012, with a fleet of new LRT articulated vehicles, which were housed in a new depot at Starr Gate. This book features a cross-section of trams that have operated over the past 40 years and follows the line from Starr Gate to Fleetwood.