Date: 18/08/2013

TRAMS have been branded an “overpriced downgrade” after it was revealed the airport bus service can make the vital dash to the terminal a full eight minutes quicker. Travel times along the full route of the new £776 million tram line have been estimated at around 33 minutes while the city’s Airlink bus shuttle is considerably quicker, with an advertised journey time of just 25 minutes. The eight-minute difference between the rival services has been seized upon by critics, who have derided it as further evidence the city has been lumped with a near-£1 billion white elephant. [From John Yellowlees]

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'There goes the competition!' The current favoured method of reaching Edinburgh airport by public transport from the city centre passes a would-be future method on Princes Street on 29 April 2010.
Location: Princes Street [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
29/04/2010 John Furnevel