Latest story is that High Street, the road between that and North Station closes this weekend for 6 months for the new underpass to go in. Overnight closures of Talbot Road are planned to start at the same time to do the overhead, sort out the traffic lights, signs, and any trivial bits and bobs. Opening is pencilled in for the same time as the underpass opens at the latest, so end of the year. Only 2 years late!
It makes sense to give the entire network a direct link to North station and thus to the rail network, which wasn't planned on the last service pattern I remember seeing. North is also reasonably placed for some parts of the centre where the Promenade stops are less convenient. I'm guessing that the wintertime service will be just the route reversing at North.
No. They have just started testing their new Ticketer handheld machines which are soon able to accept credit and debit cards (contactless). The machines run on the same system that the buses use. It is hoped that credit and debit cards will be active by the August kids holidays.
There is little point in putting ticket machines on the platforms. The Fylde Coast's unique combination on wind, rain, sun and sand mean that when they enquired about machines as part of the upgrade, no company would quote as they couldn't guarantee their machines would work reliably. Most locals use a phone app, as do a lot of tourists, conductors can easily sweep up the rest.
Apparently this is on the cards in the future including tap-on-tap-off contactless cards for short journeys now that it's a standard fare across the entire tramway network.
Somebody mentioned at the Centenary weekend that tap-on-tap-off will have some cheaper fares for "short hop" journeys when North opens. I think its designed for holiday makers going to the hotels in the "Central Zone" (Pleasure Beach - Gynn Square).
When/why did they switch to a standard fare? Convenient for the passenger, but it means that longer distance journeys are a bargain
God forbid someone tries to offer actually good-value public transport with a simple to understand fare system in this country...
Was last year sometime I think. Was meant to make the trams more user friendly. The bus only has two zones now too (except the Fleetwood-Preston services - see attached fare table).
As passengers we all want a bargain, but that also has to be balanced with getting in revenue
As passengers we all want a bargain, but that also has to be balanced with getting in revenue
The bus system has 2 zones, so the same journey from Fleetwood to Blackpool now costs more on the bus than it does on the tram
Single Fares
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I had to smile at the "Rover24" £1 day ticket for dogs listed on their website!
Never has a Rover ticket been more aptly named
Seen that tram too. Was going the other direction and kept missing it. Do you need a different ticket for it?
No they are in regular service so can be used on a standard day ticket etc. But check with the guard. Some are the heritage services not general.
