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Ocean Terminal has a stop on the Edinburgh Trams light rail route, which opened with the Newhaven line extension in June 2023. Services run to Newhaven and to the City Centre and Edinburgh Airport. Ocean Terminal tram stop is an island platform located at the main entrance plaza.
A tram arriving at the terminus in Newhaven shortly after the opening of the extension in June 2023. The single, 18.5-kilometre (11.5 mi) route begins running on-street at Newhaven, and then, via an 8 stop extension which opened in June 2023, from the port of Leith [120] [112] to York Place (now served by Picardy Place) in the city centre.
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 ...
Leith (/ l iː θ /; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith and is home to the Port of Leith.. The earliest surviving historical references are in the royal charter authorising the construction of Holyrood Abbey in 1128 in which it is termed Inverlet (Inverleith).
Bernard Street was a stop on Leith's electric tram line from 1905 until 1955 [1] With the completion of the Edinburgh Trams light rail line extension to Newhaven in 2023, a new tram stop opened at the junction of Bernard Street and Constitution Street. The decision was made to name the stop The Shore due to the area's close proximity.
Bus link and tram links to Edinburgh Airport: Edinburgh : Haymarket: See Haymarket station for other lines Bus link and tram links to Edinburgh Airport: Edinburgh : South Gyle: Local services only: Edinburgh : Edinburgh Gateway: Tram link to Edinburgh Airport Highland Main Line and Fife Circle services only
Passengers going from Leith to Edinburgh had to change trams (from electric to cable-drawn) at Pilrig on Leith Walk at the boundary between Leith and Edinburgh. [2] This confused exchange of passengers was known locally as "the Pilrig muddle", and lasted until the electrification of the Edinburgh Corporation Tramways system.
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.