The NEW Blackpool Tram Extension FINALLY opens years later!

So after years of delays the new Blackpool Tram Extension to North Station finally opens and decided to take a short ride of Tower Tram Stop to the North Station.
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[@Sim0nTrains]

I would like to clear any potential misunderstanding towards the end. the 'rant' is more towards people who makes comments on social media especially Facebook the past day or two and this is not me slating any video content as I yet haven't watched any content from today's events yet and IF I am wrong with what I said like six months to a year in the future, I he happy to say I was wrong and you were right.

[@maimadha]

Your videos are the best

[@AndrewG1989]

Facebook is full of nasty people.

[@AndrewG1989]

Nice to see you doing Blackpool once again and to see the new Blackpool North tram stop now officially opened.

[@davebannister323]

As a local , your end comments are what i hear constantly , but if you live in Fleetwood it could save 10 mins in journey time , another factor which might be considered , if you live south , then a tram to North Station might appeal as from Blackpool South 1 train an hour , Blackpool North at least 5 an hour . It is good to see these trams make it up to North Station finally , now they need to tidy up the surrounding area by the tram stop , im told it will be a car park ... Oh yes , i wonder if the general public will get used to the 3 tram stops , im amazed at how many think the Heritage Tram Stop is for general use .

[@johnwayne2896]

Great video Simon

[@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico]

Ayy nicely done! Good clean rant in 1 take as well 🤣

[@ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video Cyber, it's good to see the extension to Blackpool North station is now open, I certainly hope it's a success. :)

[@RichardBrooke1971]

I hope it is a success. It will certainly make it easier for people coming into Blackpool on the train to get to where we want to be in the town, without having to walk all the way down Talbot Road, especially if they have luggage. Thank you for sharing Simon.

[@Rail_Focus]

Great video. You explained the North Pier, Talbot Sq stop situation better than I did 😁. I hope it's a success, but the timetable does need some fine tuning. 100% agreement about "train station"

[@Sim0nTrains]

The North Pier and Talbot Square stops was difficult to get my head around at first but with help of Tico. did get my head around it, but agree that the timetable does need some fine tuning. Thanks

[@ianr]

Good video Simon! Nice to see Tico. I concur with you comments at the end. 🙂👍

[@MichaelSebastianTodd]

brilliant video its amazing to finally see the extention to North station open & im looking forward to trying it out for myself when i visit Blackpool in September when im uo North & i agree that i think it will be a success aswell as i think peoplw will use it to get to the Prom & to get to Fleetwood & the Pleasure beach i rekon holidaymakers will use it to get to their hotels & B &Bs from the station as most of those are on the prom

[@kkrispy2009P]

Great vlog love new trams

[@Thornaby37]

Good to see the extension to North Station open, but I must admit I'm not sure that a half hourly frequency is going to be sufficient, especially on busy summer days

[@Sim0nTrains]

I've only watched Jen's video not long ago and I will admit, I didn't know it was that bad with the timetable. I hope that it does becomes success, but with the negatives it going to be a challenge. Sometimes there are projects that are done and not successful. Think Reston (But that not the station fault) and Thanet Parkway are two examples.

[@SamsVlogstrainsmore]

Great vlog Simon. It’s great to see the Blackpool north tram extension finally open. It’s just ashame that the trams are only running every 30 minutes.

[@MichaelScott-kw6gv]

Fantastic Video. Well Done.

[@jacobporrett]

Thank you for sharing Simon

[@maimadha]

Great video

[@johnroberts2331]

You were spot on Simon. We will not know how successful it will or won't be for at least a year and the completion of jobs around the tram stop. Come to make the argument next year. At the end of the summer season. I really hope it works out and brings more visitors to Blackpool.

[@tsungiraichiramba]

Great video Simon. Those trams sound like the S Stock ngl

[@SussexHistory]

This is a positive development for the town. It has been a long time coming! Thanks for uploading.

[@ReecesTrains]

Good video, Simon. It's good to see the tram extension finally opened. Will it be worth it or not? We'll find out later on. Enjoy seeing the return of Tico in this video too!

[@MrGreatplum]

Great video, Simon. The timetable feels too sparse to be useful. The thing that gets me, having watched a few videos about the extension - where are the real time displays?

[@jackchapman5052]

Good video Simon and ticosprinter for doing the Blackpool North extension

[@MikeyCondon-kv7cy]

on 15/06/24 blackpool baloon tram 700 made it up to north station

[@JoshHodginsTrains]

Great

[@itsonlyme9938]

Many years ago there was a railway station and I think it was called Central station and which was very close to the sea front ,the site is where Coral Island is now. Why was it closed ? rather than Blackpool north. I think Blackpool counsel had some say in the matter at the time.

[@Sim0nTrains]

The Station was called Blackpool Central where Coral Island is now, the original plan in the Beeching Report was to close Blackpool North Station and keep Blackpool Central open, However Blackpool Corporation had successfully lobbied British Railways for Central to be closed instead, in order that it might buy the land for potentially lucrative redevelopment. But the platforms that are in use at Blackpool North are the former Excursion Platforms as the main station buildings, train shed and platforms were decommissioned and demolished in 1974

[@itsonlyme9938]

@@Sim0nTrains Yes it became a car park not much of a redevelopment. I have been to Blackpool many times and it is a bit of a pain walking from the North station down to the prom. As a young child I went to Blackpool with my parents on holiday and got off at Blackpool Central I always remember the canopy outside the station entrance with the cobble stones. a shame they closed the station a bit of a blunder.

[@vonsausage6312]

​@@itsonlyme9938Blackpool Central Station, so busy, that it was recorded to have more train arrivals and departures than any other station in the world.! In WW2 during a training flight a plane crashed into the station killing several people waiting for trains.

[@topmandog1]

theres not a single bit of electronic infomation on the entire network and the app doesnt provide live times or live tracking for trams

[@Sim0nTrains]

Have heard the app isn't good being honest

[@topmandog1]

@@Sim0nTrains the app is good for buses but not for trams

[@dancedecker]

No. Correct, there isn't. But we're north of Watford.

[@harveyfleming9572]

strictly come dancing will be blackpool tower ballroon on saturday 16th of november 2024

[@athavanainkaran2499]

Did it opened today or on Wednesday?

[@Sim0nTrains]

Wednesday was a VIP run, but opened to the public today

[@harryelliott4310]

Tram

[@maimadha]

Stop spam commenting on trainspotting videos

[@GrandadTinkerer]

How strange.

[@dancedecker]

Good video, thanks. Glad you are basically supporting it as, whether it's a success or not and I'd suggest that you need 3 years, not one, to properly determine that, it at least shows investment and confidence in the tramway and therefore could lead to other extensions or even reopenings in the future. I do, however, have to take issue with you over the RAILWAY station/ TRAIN station argument. It's a RAILWAY STATION. End of!! And here's why. 1. We gave the railways to the world. We named the place you access them, a RAILWAY station. So it's first off, traditional. 2. The "Train station " version is another annoying "Americanism " that constantly creep into our language. 3. It's just lazy. One syllable, as against two. Pathetic. Okay, these can be taken as subjective. But the next one is the killer and can not be. 4. The literal definition of a 'station ' is "an access point." You access a railway at a building. A RAILWAY STATION. You access a train by a door. So taken literally and grammatically correctly, a 'train station' can only EVER be...a 🚪. That's it. End of argument. Obviously which ever one you use is absolutely personal choice, but to be 1, traditional, 2, it isn't the British definition, 3 not lazy and 4, grammatically correct, there is only ONE option. Railway Station. Good video. Many thanks.

[@whereinsussex]

So you'd agree the place where buses hang out is the roadway station and trams stop at the tramway station? As your argument suggests that any kind of station should be naming the infrastructure (railway) and not the vehicle (train)

[@JenOnTheMove]

Bus stations must _really_ annoy you!

[@dancedecker]

Surprisingly, they don't, but I think that's because its not an."Americanism", its not lazy and it's what it's always been called. And of course the grammatical issue doesn't apply in quite the same context as there is no differentiation of what medium it uses. So it's not a true dichotomy. @JenOnTheMove