New museum 'last chance' to save Blackpool's trams
Mr Galley said it was hoped opening the exhibition centre would help support a bid for grant funding of up to £5m from the National Lottery.
Workshops at Blackpool Transport's Rigby Road have been re-purposed to become the Tramtown centre as other parts of the depot needed roof repairs, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.Volunteers have spent the last few weeks smartening up the centre with paint, new lights and a shop in time to welcome the public back from Good Friday.
Mr Galley said: "This is the last chance to save these heritage trams and if it doesn't work we will lose them as there will be nowhere to store them. "It's about protecting them and in time being able to recruit new engineers to maintain them."Jane Cole, managing director of Blackpool Transport, previously said the aim was to restore the heritage trams later this year.But she said there were "a number of complex operational issues that need to be addressed" before they could take to tracks once again.
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