Tram System | Blackpool | U/C

[nidave]

Originally Posted by Freel07

Many of the stops on the sleeper track have been fitted with this decking presumably to prevent anyone getting caught up in the under-run protector going under the tram as the protector is really designed for street track. Similar provision has been made on the Metrolink Phase 3 stops. This is at Little Bispham.

What's an under run protector?

I have been to Blackpool a few times recently with work, not had the chance to ride the trams but the fex's look good. I do like the design and the colour choice. Not seen the full package at stations/signage yet.

[Blackpool88]

I know that on the older trams they had a wooden cage that would drop down and scoop up any passanger that fell in front of the tram (assuming they didn't get caught in the wheels) it was a really old fashioned design but did seem to work I saw it in action once when I worked there one summer, do the new trams have some sort of equivilant?

[Irish Blood English Heart]

Modern trams usually have an angled barrier infront of the wheels to stop pedestrians going under, though it doesn't always save lives as the report into the death of a man in Manchester said he was crushed by the design of the protection itself.