When Was Blackpool Trams Built?
29 September 1885. 29 September 1885 The Blackpool Tramway was officially opened to the public by Alderman Harwood, the Mayor of Manchester. What is the oldest tram in Blackpool? Blackpool’s permanent electric street tramway was the country’s first, and opened on 29 September 1885. It originally ran from Cocker Street to South Shore – and …