Date: 06/04/2016

BLACKPOOL Borough Council has approved plans to acquire a building in the town's Talbot Road to make room for a new tram terminal at Blackpool North, which is the main station in the resort. Work on a £22 million project to extend the present tram line along Talbot Road with a new spur from the seafront to the station is due to start in 2018, and the tram terminus will form part of a new interchange between trains and trams.

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BLACKPOOL Borough Council has approved plans to acquire a building in the town's Talbot Road to make room for a new tram terminal at Blackpool North, ...

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