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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 ...
Trams operated in Edinburgh from 1871 to 1956, and resumed in 2014. The first systems were horse-drawn, while cable-haulage appeared in the city in 1888. Electric trams first ran on systems in neighbouring Musselburgh (1904) and Leith (1905), meeting the Edinburgh cable-trams at Joppa and Pilrig respectively.
Buses on Princes Street, one of the main thoroughfares in Edinburgh. Map of tram and commuter rail services in Edinburgh. Edinburgh is a major transport hub in east central Scotland and is at the centre of a multi-modal transport network with road, rail and air communications connecting the city with the rest of Scotland and internationally.
In 2001, a proposal for a new Edinburgh Trams network envisaged three routes across the city, Lines 1, 2 and 3. Line 1 was a circular route running around the northern suburbs, with the other two forming radial lines running out to Newbridge in the west and to Newcraighall in the south respectively. [ 2 ]
This is the category for Edinburgh Trams. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. E. Edinburgh Trams stops (1 C, ...
Proposed Edinburgh Trams stops (1 P) Pages in category "Edinburgh Trams stops" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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 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 ...