Date: 19/08/2021

Talk of transport infrastructure is often dominated by the mega-schemes, which are either strategic investments or vanity projects depending on whether or not you are in favour. Sometimes, however, the smaller schemes repay attention, and one such occurred during the early months of lockdown last year in the leafy Edinburgh suburb of Murrayfield.

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Edinburgh's Coltbridge Viaduct shows small projects can make a big difference - John Yellowlees

The Scotsman

Talk of transport infrastructure is often dominated by the mega-schemes, which are either strategic investments or vanity projects depending on whether or not you are in favour. Sometimes, however, the smaller schemes repay attention, and one such occurred during the early months of lockdown last year in the leafy Edinburgh suburb of Murrayfield.

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View south along the Water of Leith at Coltbridge, just north west of Murrayfield station on the former Caledonian suburban route north out of Princes Street. Photographed on 16 February 2006, almost 40 years after closure of the line.
Location: Coltbridge Viaduct
Company: Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway)
16/02/2006 John Furnevel

Edinburgh City Council has commenced repairs to Coltbridge Viaduct, which until 1967 carried the Leith North branch across the Water of Leith and is now the Roseburn Railway Path and the potential tram route to Granton.
Location: Coltbridge Viaduct
Company: Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway)
16/01/2020 John Yellowlees

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