Edinburgh Trams
The Edinburgh Trams project is a scheme to build a new tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland. Local public transport had been limited to buses since the closing of the city’s previous Edinburgh Corporation Tramways system on 16 November 1956.Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Edinburgh Trams Ltd. As of 2017 it is a 14-kilometre line between York Place in New Town and Edinburgh Airport, with 16 stops. Construction began in June 2008, and after encountering delays it opened on 31 May 2014.
Edinburgh Trams Media
A map of the planned tramway
Tracks being laid on Princes Street in November 2009
Gogar depot in October 2012
Construction works outside Haymarket railway station in August 2012
Trams on Shandwick Place during driver training in March 2014
Construction work on Leith Walk in 2021
A tram arriving at the terminus in Newhaven shortly after the opening of the extension in June 2023
Map of the Edinburgh trams route
Trams at St Andrew Square, Edinburgh (geograph 3996542)
Princes Street tram stop, Edinburgh
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Related pages
Other websites
- Edinburgh's Official Tram Time web site
- Leith Business Association Archived 2009-10-08 at the Wayback Machine Business Owners affected by the implementation of the tramway
- Auditor Generals Report on Tram Scheme
- Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Bill Committee Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Bill Committee Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Edinburgh Tram (Line One) Act 2006
- Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Act 2006
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