page_title: Blackpool Tramway
section_title: Bombardier Flexity 2
hierarchical_section_title: Blackpool Tramway / Rolling stock / Current fleet / Bombardier Flexity 2
caption_attribution_description: English: Fleetwood, Fishermans Walk. Bombardier Flexity 2~2012. Blackpool Transport, Car No.015.
context_page_description: The Blackpool Tramway runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world. It is operated by Blackpool Transport and runs for 11 miles. It carried 4.8 million passengers in the 2019/20 financial year.
  It is the second-oldest electric tramway in the United Kingdom, the first being Volk's Electric Railway in Brighton, which opened two years earlier and similarly runs on a reserved track along the seafront. These are also the two surviving first-generation town tramways in the UK, though the majority of services on the line have since 2012 been operated by a fleet of modern Bombardier Flexity 2 trams. A 'heritage service' using the traditional trams operates on Bank Holidays, select weekdays and weekends from January to December, as well as during the Blackpool Illuminations. Excluding museums, it is one of only a few tramways in the world to still use double-deck trams, others including the Hong Kong Tramways and the Alexandria Tram in Egypt.
context_section_description: As part of the upgrade, 16 Bombardier Flexity 2 trams were ordered and were numbered 001–016. The worldwide launch of this type of tram including showing the first new tram occurred on 8 September 2011 at the new Starr Gate depot.
  These state-of-the-art trams include many improvements, such as 100% step-free access from platform to tram, dedicated wheelchair spaces, higher seating and standing capacity, faster acceleration and quieter running. They have audio-visual 'next stop' displays.
  Two further Flexity 2 units, numbered 017 and 018, arrived on 1 and 15 December 2017 respectively after being ordered to assist with service demands when the extension to Blackpool North railway station opens. They entered service on 4 March 2018.
  The Flexity 2 trams are all accommodated at the depot at Starr Gate.
caption: Bombardier Flexity 2, built in 2012. Blackpool Transport car No. 015 at Fisherman's Walk, Fleetwood
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