Date: 23/06/2011

Scrapping the Edinburgh tram project would bring the total cost to about £750m, according to a leaked report. It was also estimated that completing the line from Edinburgh Airport to Haymarket, west of the city centre, would take the cost to £700m. The official report said building the line as far as St Andrew Square in the city centre would cost £770m.

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Scrapping the Edinburgh tram project would bring the total cost to about £750m while completing it would cost £700m, according to a leaked report.

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General view over the Edinburgh tram depot currently under construction at Gogar on 24 May 2011.
Location: Gogar Tram Depot
Company: Edinburgh Trams
24/05/2011 John Yellowlees

The tram flyover at Saughton appears essentially complete on 31 May 2011 and even possesses its first graffiti. View is from the path up to the footbridge, looking east towards Haymarket, as a Fife bound DMU approaches. [See image 28409]
Location: Saughton Junction
Company: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
31/05/2011 John Furnevel

Looking east over the tram/train/bus interchange at Haymarket on 10 April 2011 with Haymarket Terrace on the left.  Behind the camera the tracks will dive downhill to parallel the E & G line, crossing it twice on its way to Edinburgh Airport. [See image 30576]
Location: Haymarket [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
10/04/2011 Bill Roberton

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