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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 ]
On 1 January 1897 it took over the Edinburgh Northern Tramways cable operated lines. The company also undertook a conversion programme replacing many horse drawn services with cable operated lines. [2] The choice of cable traction was driven by the gradients on many streets in Edinburgh. The cable lines included: Princes St and Leith Walk to Pilrig
Various studies, from 1989 onwards, considered the reintroduction of trams to Edinburgh. [1] 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 ...
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.
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.
City of Edinburgh Council apologised, saying “serious mistakes were made” during the scheme, which cost more than double the original estimate and opened in 2014 with a curtailed route and ...
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