Scottish Parliament
Location type
Name and dates
Scottish ParliamentOpened on the Tourist - Attractions.
Description
Tags
Parliament12/11/2019
| Nearby stations Abbeyhill Edinburgh Waverley Picardy Place [Tram] York Place [Tram] Princes Street [1st] St Leonards St Andrew Square [Tram] Easter Road McDonald Road [Tram] Leith Walk St Margaret^s Meadowbank Stadium Piershill Easter Road Park Halt Princes Street [Tram] | Calton Tunnels St Ann^s Brewery Edinburgh Gas Works Croit an Righ Brewery Edinburgh Waverley Goods Abbeyhill Junction Edinburgh Signalling Centre Rose Lane Goods Waterloo Place London Road Junction [Edinburgh] Waterloo Place [Tram] Tourist/other Palace of Holyroodhouse Holyrood Abbey Calton Hill The Balmoral Hotel |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 28/01/2004 | Edinburgh Trams The Scottish Parliament publishes the bills for the first two lines of the tramway, allowing property to be purchased by the council. Balfour Beatty given the contract to build the £7.5M West Edinburgh Guided Busway. |
| /03/2008 | Glasgow Airport Rail Link Project transferred from Strathclyde Passenger Transport to Transport Scotland. SPT had completed the design work for a double track 1.25 mile line from just east of Paisley St James to the airport and taken the plans to the Scottish Parliament. Estimated cost of line £200M (also estimated as £160M in 2009). The line would cross St James' Park and its football pitches. |
