List of Blackpool tramway tram stops

The sign of the Waterloo Road stop on the Blackpool Tramway.

All of the current stops of Blackpool Tramway are listed here, as well as past and future stops.

Main service stops

Blackpool tramway

Legend Fleetwood Ferry(⛴ Knott End) Victoria Street London Street Fisherman's Walk Stanley Road Lindel Road Heathfield Road Broadwater Rossall Square Rossall School Rossall Beach Thornton Gate West Drive Cleveleys Anchorsholme Lane Little Bispham Norbreck North Norbreck Sandhurst Avenue Bispham Cavendish Road Lowther Avenue Cabin Cliffs Hotel Gynn Square Wilton Parade Pleasant Street future spur to Blackpool North North Pier Tower Central Pier Rigby Road depot Manchester Square St Chad's Road Waterloo Road ( Blackpool South) South Pier Pleasure Beach Burlington Road West ( Blackpool Pleasure Beach) Harrow Place Starr Gate ( Squires Gate) Starr Gate depot

The following is a list of stops with platforms currently served by Blackpool's Flexity 2 fleet, from north to south:^[1]

• Fleetwood Ferry

53°55′39″N 3°00′29″W / 53.927602°N 3.007997°W

The northern terminus of the tramway. The single platform is located on Bold Street, on the terminal loop of track. This stop provides a ferry interchange for the service to Knott End.

• Victoria Street

53°55′30″N 3°00′31″W / 53.924935°N 3.008622°W

Nearest stop to Fleetwood Market.

• London Street

53°55′21″N 3°00′42″W / 53.922580°N 3.011579°W

• Fisherman's Walk

53°55′11″N 3°01′02″W / 53.919699°N 3.017358°W

Nearest stop to Fleetwood Freeport. This stop also marks the end of the street-running section of track.

• Stanley Road

53°55′00″N 3°01′14″W / 53.916561°N 3.020603°W

Nearest stop to Fleetwood Town FC.

• Lindel Road

53°54′49″N 3°01′25″W / 53.913627°N 3.023622°W

• Heathfield Road

53°54′36″N 3°01′39″W / 53.909946°N 3.027463°W

• Broadwater

53°54′14″N 3°01′56″W / 53.903897°N 3.032246°W

• Rossall Square

53°54′02″N 3°02′12″W / 53.900593°N 3.036746°W

• Rossall School

53°53′49″N 3°02′22″W / 53.896834°N 3.039470°W

Located at the school's entrance.

• Rossall Beach

53°53′15″N 3°02′25″W / 53.887589°N 3.040383°W

• Thornton Gate

53°53′00″N 3°02′22″W / 53.883253°N 3.039470°W

• West Drive

53°52′49″N 3°02′21″W / 53.880222°N 3.039054°W

• Cleveleys

53°52′39″N 3°02′23″W / 53.877628°N 3.039778°W

• Anchorsholme Lane

53°52′17″N 3°02′34″W / 53.871402°N 3.042726°W

• Little Bispham

53°51′58″N 3°02′51″W / 53.866010°N 3.047564°W

Little Bispham is the first stop on the promenade in Blackpool, and has a shelter with toilet facilities. Some trams from Starr Gate terminate here during the summer and Blackpool Illuminations, making use of the track loop just north of the stop.

• Norbreck North

53°51′42″N 3°02′56″W / 53.861627°N 3.048911°W

Opened in March 2016 after the stop was previously removed as part of the tramway upgrade.

• Norbreck

53°51′28″N 3°03′00″W / 53.857798°N 3.050103°W

Located opposite the Norbreck Castle Hotel.

• Sandhurst Avenue

53°51′13″N 3°03′06″W / 53.853626°N 3.051777°W

• Bispham

53°50′57″N 3°03′13″W / 53.849286°N 3.053498°W

Located opposite Red Bank Road, this stop also has a station with toilet facilities.

• Cavendish Road

53°50′48″N 3°03′13″W / 53.846570°N 3.053602°W

• Lowther Avenue

53°50′31″N 3°03′16″W / 53.841986°N 3.054365°W

• Cabin

53°50′17″N 3°03′17″W / 53.838116°N 3.054817°W

• Cliffs Hotel

53°50′09″N 3°03′18″W / 53.835952°N 3.054911°W

• Gynn Square

53°50′01″N 3°03′18″W / 53.833747°N 3.055048°W

• Wilton Parade

53°49′40″N 3°03′20″W / 53.827792°N 3.055644°W

• Pleasant Street

53°49′31″N 3°03′20″W / 53.825238°N 3.055537°W

• North Pier

Northbound 53°49′11″N 3°03′21″W / 53.819663°N 3.055715°W

Southbound 53°49′04″N 3°03′22″W / 53.817718°N 3.056076°W

This stop's platforms are notably distanced from each other. The northbound platform is by the cenotaph, while the southbound platform is nearer Blackpool Tower. This is possibly due to the future tram link to North Station, as the points for this extension have already been installed between the two platforms.

• Tower

53°48′52″N 3°03′21″W / 53.814481°N 3.055829°W

This stop is in reality located just to the south of Blackpool Tower.

• Central Pier

53°48′42″N 3°03′20″W / 53.811781°N 3.055569°W

• Manchester Square

53°48′29″N 3°03′20″W / 53.808032°N 3.055537°W

This stop is located near the side track leading to Rigby Road depot, where Blackpool's heritage trams are housed.

• St Chad's Road

53°48′09″N 3°03′20″W / 53.802437°N 3.055580°W

• Waterloo Road

53°47′56″N 3°03′21″W / 53.798923°N 3.055904°W

• South Pier

53°47′45″N 3°03′23″W / 53.795875°N 3.056372°W

• Pleasure Beach

53°47′37″N 3°03′24″W / 53.793530°N 3.056728°W

This stop is near a track loop, which heritage trams often use during service.

• Burlington Road West

53°47′14″N 3°03′30″W / 53.787262°N 3.058319°W

• Harrow Place

53°46′57″N 3°03′29″W / 53.782468°N 3.058042°W

• Starr Gate

53°46′41″N 3°03′22″W / 53.777922°N 3.056032°W

The southern terminus of the tramway. The Starr Gate depot is located here, where the Flexity 2 fleet are housed and maintained. There is also a track loop, but it is only used for maintaining the trams.

Heritage tram stops

The following is a list of the stops used only by Blackpool's heritage trams, from north to south:^[2]

• Fleetwood Ferry
• Cleveleys
• Bispham
• Cabin
• North Pier
• Pleasure Beach (on the track loop).

Starr Gate is also used as a temporary stop on rare occasions.

Former stops

Stops removed by tramway upgrade

The following is a list of stops removed in 2011-2012 during the tramway modernisation, from north to south:^[3]

• Pharos Street
• Church Street
• Preston Street
• Lingfield Road
• Southfleet Avenue
• Westbourne Street
• Westmorland Avenue
• Beach Road
• Lauderdale Avenue
• Melton Place
• Norkeed Road
• Leyburn Avenue
• Madison Avenue
• Miner's Home
• St Stephen's Avenue
• Warley Road
• Imperial Hotel
• Cocker Street
• Victoria Street (Blackpool)
• Foxhall Square
• Lytham Road

  On the section of track leading to Rigby Road depot.

• Barton Avenue
• Alexandra Road
• Star Hotel
• Harrowside
• Abercorn Place

Future stops

North Station extension^[4]

• Talbot Square/North Pier eastbound
• Blackpool North Railway Station

See also

• Blackpool Tramway
• Flexity 2 (Blackpool)

References

1. "Tram route stops". Blackpooltransport.com. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
2. "Heritage Trams". Blackpooltransport.com. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
3. "Tram Stops : Blackpool Tramway : TheTrams.co.uk". Thetrams.co.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
4. https://www.blackpool.gov.uk/News/2016/March/Tramway-terminal-centre-of-Talbot-Gateway-phase-two.aspx

External links

• Blackpool Transport - The New Tramway