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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 ...
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 ]
The formation of the organisation was announced on 15 August 2013, by Edinburgh transport convener and former Lord Provost of Edinburgh Lesley Hinds. [2] The body holds the City of Edinburgh Council's 91% stake in Lothian Buses, and its 100% stake in Edinburgh Trams. It has been reported that TfE is the tenth largest employer in Edinburgh. [3]
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.
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.
Meanwhile, in other news, some brutal comments from Lord Hardie in his Edinburgh Trams Inquiry report, including some of John Swinney's evidence being dismissed as 'incredible'https://t.co ...
Edinburgh Gateway station is served half-hourly by trains operating on the Fife Circle Line, and hourly by services operating to Perth, Dundee and Inverness. Fife Circle trains scheduled to stop at Edinburgh Gateway will normally skip the nearby South Gyle station. All Edinburgh Trams services are currently scheduled to call at Edinburgh Gateway.
Electric trams first ran on systems in neighbouring Musselburgh (1904) and Leith (1905), meeting the Edinburgh cable-trams at Joppa and Pilrig respectively. Electrification meant cable trams last ran in 1923, with through running now possible to Leith and as far east as Port Seton. The various systems were operated by different private and ...