With changing transport habits in the second half the twentieth century, there were significant attempts to better improve access to towns for motor vehicles. In a tourist town like Blackpool, this was deemed essential.
With the coming of the motor car vast swaths of the town’s (and wider country’s) railway infrastructure was deemed surplus and was demolished, or significantly reduced.
In Blackpool, the South and Central station sites and associated disused railway land was replaced with new roads (like Yeadon Way) and vast car parks, primarily used by tourists.
In this fabulous video from AdventureMe, the host Darren uncovers an unbuilt 1990s scheme to link the central car parks with the Pleasure Beach property using a cable car. It’s an ambitious plan that sought planning approval in 1990. Ultimately, for reasons outlined in the video, the concept didn’t see the light of day – but thanks to some great detective work, we’re able to see what might have been had ‘Park n’ Fly’ got off the drawing boards.