Edinburgh trams: Plan to stop at Haymarket 'bonkers' [BBC News]





Date: 26/08/2011

The chief executive of Edinburgh's Chambers of Commerce has described the decision to cut short the tram route as 'bonkers.' The line will now only go between Edinburgh Airport and Haymarket.


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The head of Edinburgh Chambers of Commerce describes the decision to cut short the city's controversial tram line as "bonkers".

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Princes Street on 5 December 2009... tram lines laid and the buses are back!
Location: Princes Street [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
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Edinburgh Trams poster alongside Haymarket station on 10 July 2011. Work has recently recommenced on the project, with track now laid just off to the right on the site of the new Haymarket interchange. The poster will require a slight amendment, with the current intention being to take trams only as far as St Andrew Square, rather than the original planned terminus at Newhaven, as shown here. [Update 25 August 2011 .... for St Andrew Square now read Haymarket!] [Further update 1 September .... it's St Andrew Square after all!] [Watch this space] [Latest - terminus will now be in York Place]
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Company: Edinburgh Trams
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Location: Princes Street [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
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