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The terms of reference for the inquiry were as follows: [9] To inquire into the delivery of the Edinburgh Trams project (“the project”), from proposals for the project emerging to its completion, including the procurement and contract preparation, its governance, project management and delivery structures, and oversight of the relevant contracts, in order to establish why the project ...
The inquiry was set up in 2014 to examine why the tram scheme went more than double over budget and took so long to complete. Edinburgh tram scheme had ‘litany of avoidable failures’, inquiry ...
Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Edinburgh Trams Ltd. It is an 18.5-kilometre (11.5 mi) line between Newhaven and Edinburgh Airport, with 23 stops. [2] [3] [4] A modern tram network for Edinburgh was proposed by Edinburgh Council in 1999, with detailed design work being performed over the next decade ...
Diagram of Line 1 proposed in 2001 The planned route of the tram line along the waterfront at Granton. Line 1 was planned to be a 15.25-kilometre (9.48 mi) circular route with 22 stops running around the northern suburbs, following a route from the City Centre, St Andrew Square, York Place, Picardy Place, down Leith Walk to Leith and Newhaven.
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The contract to build a fleet of 27 trams for the Phase 1a and Phase 1b tram lines [8] was awarded to the Spanish rail equipment manufacturer CAF in November 2007 [9] and is worth up to £40 million. The trams are built to meet the highly bespoke specifications issued by Transport Initiatives Edinburgh which precluded the use of an existing design.
The Edinburgh Horse Tram Trust was established to restore it, and after being moved to one of Lothian Buses premises, restoration began in 2007, and after being moved to the museum in May 2011 for finishing work and painting into Royal Blue livery, the completed project was unveiled in August 2012.