Open Top Tram Ride
The entire 60 minute, 11.5 mile tram
journey from Starr Gate to Fleetwood, filmed from the top deck of open top
Streamliner 706 ‘Princess Alice’ on a fine sunny day.
This non-stop journey passes all the points
of interest along the prom in Blackpool and
through to Fleetwood.
See numerous other trams pass by as we work
our way north.
Bonus features:
In addition to the main journey there are
55 minutes of bonus features:
Additional journeys - Travel over parts of the route not normally
used in passenger service including:
- Little Bispham loop
- Pleasure Beach loops
- In and out of the tram depot.
A detailed look at Balloon car 706 - Includes:
- See how a tram is driven
- Have a look around the driving cab
- Open Top Tram Ride
- Watch the trolley arm and trolley wheel
- Destination blind wind-through
- And some odd but interesting things
underneath which nobody ever sees
Four extra journeys:
- Broadwater to Thornton Gate filmed from the
lower saloon
- Little Bispham to Bispham at track level -
filmed on a superb low ‘bumper’ camera
- Bispham to North Pier filmed from a fixed
camera inside the drivers cab
- One final journey from South Pier to Tower
filmed from the top deck but instead of looking ahead, the camera takes the
tourist's view and faces the sea, capturing the piers, sandy beaches and
incoming tide.