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A free drop-off and pick-up area will also remain in operation around 10 minutes' walk from the terminal. The airport was taken over by French company Vinci last year. Edinburgh Airport hopes for ...
Tram en route to Edinburgh Airport. The Edinburgh Trams is a light rail line which opened on 31 May 2014, connecting Edinburgh Airport on the western edge of the city, with Haymarket, Princes Street, St Andrew Square and York Place in the city centre.
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 ...
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The contract to build a fleet of 27 trams for the Phase 1a and Phase 1b tram lines [8] was awarded to the Spanish rail equipment manufacturer CAF in November 2007 [9] and is worth up to £40 million. The trams are built to meet the highly bespoke specifications issued by Transport Initiatives Edinburgh which precluded the use of an existing design.
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 connection to Edinburgh Airport is also be available. The full launch is expected to be on the 22nd of October 2024, with 20 services per day running 24/7. The launch of this route will mean the doubling of the frequency from Dundee to Edinburgh, with 40 buses per day providing a half hourly frequency at most times of day. [ 14 ]
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]