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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 ]
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 ...
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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.
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Electrification of the cable-trams began partly in mitigation of the effects of the unpopular merger of the Edinburgh and Leith burghs in 1920. [1] Another factor was the susceptibility of the whole system to gridlock in the event of a single break in the cable. [2] The corporation's last electric tram ran on 16 November 1956. [1]
Workers on Edinburgh’s tram network have backed strike action in a dispute over a lack of toilet breaks. The union Unite said late running services mean drivers are unable to take a break ahead ...
The Edinburgh trams are bi-directional, 42.8 metres (140 ft 5 in) long [1] [6] and built with 100% low-floor access to meet UK Rail Vehicle Access Regulations for disabled people. Passenger capacity is 250 – 78 seated, 170 standing and 2 wheelchair spaces [1] – and the trams will be fitted with CCTV. [7] [5] Sideways view of a tram