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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.
Construction work on Leith Walk in 2021. Edinburgh Council stated on 17 March 2014 that works would be conducted along Leith Walk to prepare it for a possible future extension of tram service. [101] In December 2014, Edinburgh Council ordered a detailed business case for extending the line to Leith. [102]
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.
English: Map of the Edinburgh Trams system, showing the as built line (opened May 2014) alongside the various proposed lines that were ultimately abandoned or postponed indefinitely. Date 17 November 2007
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.
The company was formed as a subsidiary of Dick, Kerr & Co. On 9 December 1893 it took over the Edinburgh Street Tramways services within the Edinburgh city boundary. On 31 January 1896 it took over the line to Meadowbank operated by the same company, and in 1898 the line to Portobello.
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 £ ...
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.