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Blackpool Pleasure Beach: 2025 Discussion

It's not ran three trains for the public since they crashed 2 into each other in 2001.
They could definitely still operate 3 as they'd do it at the start of some days to determine which trains to use.

Nowadays I doubt they ever have 3 trains ready to go at once. Nor would running 2 or 3 trains make a difference to capacity you get so much faff during onload and off load. Plus it's pay one price now so no benefit to the added wear and tear running 3 trains would have on the ride and the staff.

In the mid 90s on 3 trains it was absolutely rapid how quick trains were entering and leaving the station.
 
John_P said:
Nowadays I doubt they ever have 3 trains ready to go at once
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That's right, in recent years they've only had two assembled

When using two trains now, a train is only dispatched after the other returns to the safety brake (before turning into the station). I imagine this is to ensure if it estops, there isn't a train halfway up the lift
 
b2311e said:
When using two trains now, a train is only dispatched after the other returns to the safety brake (before turning into the station). I imagine this is to ensure if it estops, there isn't a train halfway up the lift
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can't be giving free lift hill experinces can we?

really though, I know I go on about how much a ride vehicle costs to run and maintain, but the big one is BPB's biggest draw, without going to PPR again to get people seeing Icon (can't see it from outside the park) it is a masive draw, and they can't get 2 trains running over easter, let alone 3 running over summer, when they are getting enough crowds to get 70 min queues!
 
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