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  2. Leith Corporation Tramways - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Edinburgh and District Tramways - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Trams in Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    Trams operated in Edinburgh from 1871 to 1956, and resumed in 2014. The first systems were horse-drawn, while cable-haulage appeared in the city in 1888. Electric trams first ran on systems in neighbouring Musselburgh (1904) and Leith (1905), meeting the Edinburgh cable-trams at Joppa and Pilrig respectively.

  5. Transport in Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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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.

  6. Template:Edinburgh Trams - Wikipedia

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    Port of Leith 2.0. Shore 2.5. Foot of the Walk . 3.1. Balfour Street 3.8. McDonald Road 4.7. ... This is a route-map template for Edinburgh Trams, a Scottish tramway.

  7. Granton, Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    In 1909, Leith Corporation ran trams from Leith to Granton. They were joined in 1923 by trams from the Edinburgh Corporation, resulting at one point, having seven tram routes to the area: four from Leith via Lower Granton Road (services 2, 14, 16 and 17); three via Granton Road (services 8, 9 and 13). Trams to Granton were withdrawn in stages ...

  8. Edinburgh Street Tramways - Wikipedia

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    On 23 October 1904, Leith Corporation Tramways took over the lines operated by the company within the Leith town boundary, and Edinburgh Street Tramways ceased to trade. Car 23 survives, owned by the Edinburgh Horse Tram Trust, and has been restored and is on display at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at Lathalmond.

  9. Edinburgh Trams - Wikipedia

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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 ...