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On 1 July 1919 Edinburgh Corporation took over the operation of the city's tramways. [1] The system remained under the overall control of R. S. Pilcher, who had joined the company in 1918 having previously run Aberdeen Corporation Tramways. [2] Leith Corporation took over the still horse-drawn Leith tramlines in 1904 and introduced electric ...
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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]
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.
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. On 1 January 1897 it took over the Edinburgh Northern Tramways cable operated lines.
In 1888, Edinburgh Northern Tramways began operating cable-hauled tram services from George Street to Ferry Road and Comely Bank. They were also taken over by Edinburgh and District Tramways in 1897. The Corporation of the City of Edinburgh (then the formal name for the city council) introduced a motor bus service in July 1914. [2]
Media related to Glasgow Corporation Tramways No. 1100 at Wikimedia Commons Glasgow Corporation Tramways: 1115 Orange, Cream and Red 1929 68 Kilmarnock Bogie. The upgrade to 812. On display in the Exhibition Hall. Media related to Glasgow Corporation Tramways No. 1115 at Wikimedia Commons Den Haag: 1147 Cream and Green 1958 36
Leith Walk was one of the first and last places in Edinburgh and Leith to see trams. Leith had Scotland's first electric tram in 1905, operated by Leith Corporation Tramways. On Leith Walk this terminated at Pilrig Church and passengers had to change to Edinburgh's cable-drawn cars. This inconvenient changeover was known as the Pilrig muddle.