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Blackpool Travel
Blackpool is reached via the M55 from the M6.
Local bus services run from Preston, Lancaster, Southport and Fleetwood. Long distance bus services, and charters, run from virtually everywhere in Great Britain.
The Blackpool Tramway has antique electric trams on its original 1885 tram system which runs along the complete length of the sea front from Starr Gate near Blackpool Airport to Fleetwood at the northern end of the Fylde coast.
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The trains run to Blackpool North and Blackpool South stations from Preston and many other destinations. Blackpool North is the main station but for a day trip to the Pleasure Beach, change at Kirkham and take the Blackpool South line; the last station before Blackpool South is the Pleasure Beach.
Blackpool has its own and regular flights from Dublin, Belfast, London, Girona, Jersey, Malaga, Isle of Man, Mallorca, Alicante, Murcia and Tenerife. Services to Amsterdam, Faro and Prague commence late 2006.
The closest ferries from Blackpool are Fleetwood to Larne and Heysham (near Morecambe) to Douglas (Isle of Man) and Belfast, operating in Summer only.
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Taxis are the preferred mode for getting back to your hotel after a late night. Make sure you book ahead or use a recognised taxi rank, never get into an unlicensed taxi and be wary when hailing taxis elsewhere. To be sure use the following numbers to book your hen party's taxis.
J Cabs Ltd - www.taxinumber.com - 01253 623 456
C Cabs (blackpool) Ltd - www.taxinumber.com - 01253 292 929
Progress Taxis - www.taxinumber.com - 01253 623 411
Radio Cabs (blackpool) Ltd - www.taxinumber.com - 01253 293 222
Call a Cab - www.taxinumber.com - 01253 347 777
Streamline Taxis - www.taxinumber.com - 01253 623 535
Gold Line - www.taxinumber.com - 01253 590 500
Jet Set Limousines - www.jetset-limousines.com - 01253 343 322
Browns - maps.google.co.uk - 01253 764871
Abd Private Hire - www.taxinumber.com - 01253 341 573
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