Funding for an £18.2m extension to Blackpool's tram system is in place after the town's council agreed to pay the remaining £4.7m towards the scheme. Under the plans the tramway will be extended ...

Blackpool's tram system, which carries four million passengers a year, has closed for five months for refurbishment. The trams which run along the seafront to Fleetwood are being brought up to date, ...

One of the first of Blackpool's new fleet of trams is derailed on its first journey after the famous attraction underwent a £100m upgrade.

The first new tram as part of a £100m upgrade of Blackpool's fleet is unveiled. ... As well as 16 new trams, a new depot has been built at Starr Gate. Four million people use the trams annually.