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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 ...
The Edinburgh Street Tramways Company was originally authorised by an 1871 Act of Parliament to construct tramways in Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello. [4] Their first horse tram service began on 6 November 1871. It ran from Haymarket, via Princes Street and Leith Walk, to Bernard Street, Leith, replacing a horse-drawn carriage service. [1]
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
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In Scotland, Edinburgh relaunched its tram network on 31 May 2014 [59] after delayed development which began in 2008. Edinburgh previously had an extensive tram network which began closure in the 1950s. [60] The new network is significantly smaller, 8.7 mi (14.0 km), compared to the previous tram network, 47.3 mi (76.1 km)
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 official investigation into the Edinburgh tram project is set to exceed £13 million, it has been revealed. The latest financial figures showed the inquiry will cost the public purse £ ...
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.