This is the Age of the Tram
To many, the Blackpool Tramway is a charming throwback to bygone days. Not only is it one of the world’s oldest electric tramways, it is the last surviving first-generation tramway in the UK. Nostalgia is one of Blackpool’s most lucrative commodities, with many visitors trying to revisit the holidays of their youth or recreate them for their own children so no wonder then that Blackpool Council want to expand the tramway beyond the promenade and have already begun extending the tracks through the town towards the railway station. But when accidents occur, as they did at the 2019 ‘ Ride The Lights ' event when a 14-year-old boy got stuck under a tram leaving him in a critical condition, it seems logical that we should pause and ask ourselves whether we should be moving backwards by expanding this Victorian method of transportation or moving forward with something much safer. At the hugely popular (and otherwise brilliant) ‘ Ride The Lights ’, Blackpool promenade is closed to cars fo