Technical Visit – Blackpool Light Rail

Technical Visit to Blackpool Light Rail Depot including tour of mtce facilities and Driver simulator

Title: Technical Visit to Blackpool Light Rail

Agenda (Times are indicative)

13:00 - 13:15 / Arrival & Welcome (Depot)

Introduction by Blackpool Transport. Overview of tramway, operations, and fleet.

13:15 – 14:00 / Depot Tour (Depot)

Maintenance facilities, stabling, inspection routines. Discussion on reliability and constraints.

14:00 – 14:25 / Operations Discussion (Operations/Control Area)

Service regulation, incident handling, degraded mode, comparison with heavy rail.

14:25 – 14:45 / Tram Simulator Demonstration (Training / Simulator Area)

Driver training, scenario simulation, human factors.

14:45 – 15:05 / Technical Overview (Meeting Room)

Signalling philosophy, points actuation, ODAS overview.

15:05 – 15:50 / Heritage Fleet Discussions (Depot - Tram 66)

Heritage fleet, legacy vs modern systems.

15:05 – 15:30 / Trackside Observation / Ride-Out (Optional - Blackpool Tramway)

Observe street-running, junctions, interaction with traffic.

15:50 onwards / Close & Informal Networking

Q&A and informal discussion.