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Edinburgh Trams has confirmed it is investigating a potential cyber attack against its website.
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Did we really need to spend £13 million and wait nine years for Lord Hardie to tell us there was a litany of avoidable failures with Edinburghs trams project?
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The long-awaited and expensive public inquiry report into Edinburgh's trams was utterly damning.
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A £13m public inquiry into Edinburgh's delayed tram line has concluded nine years after it started.
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The long-awaited conclusions of Lord Hardies probe to be finally released.
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The Sherlock Holmes statue was briefly removed while works on the Trams to Newhaven project were carried out by council contractors. The art work will be the central piece of the new Picardy Place island.
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Edinburgh transport chiefs are considering the new plans for the next tram line.
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Tram operators are planning extra services until around midnight on evenings throughout the next few weeks as stars including Paolo Nutini and The Killers prepare to take to the stage in Edinburgh.
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Bus driver Carlos Correa Palacio, 53, had not been aware of the tram until it was too late when he was struck by the vehicle in Saughton in 2018.
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More than 22 tram journeys have experienced disruption since the new line to Newhaven opened on June 7.
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Ministers have expressed frustration at the length of time it has taken for the report into the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry to be published, which is now set to be released 'well into' September.
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A spokesman says printing out the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry report is a 'complex and lengthy process'.
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Daily Record Exclusive: The inquiry, which was established in 2014, said it hoped to publish its long-awaited report by September.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Edinburgh Trams Inquiry  Princes Street [Tram]: Extensive Edinburgh Tram utilities diversion works taking place on the short section of Princes Street from South St Andrew Street to Waverley Bridge seen looking west on 22 February.  York Place [Tram]: Going round the bend. The Edinburgh Trams route at the corner of North St Andrew Street and York Place on 28 January 2013.  Edinburgh Airport [Tram]: The new tram terminus at Edinburgh Airport on 21 October 2012. View is north towards the main runway with the airport terminal building just off picture to the left. The Gogar Burn runs beyond the rec ... |
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The highly-anticipated link officially opened at 12pm on Wednesday, June 7, following years of construction, but punters were pictured in queues to get on to the first tram to travel on the new route.
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The extended line will welcome its first passengers on June 7, with the first official service running at noon.
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We're delighted to see the return today of tram services in Edinburgh to Leith and Newhaven. The completion of the original 'Line 1' from the Airport to Newhaven must now ...
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A time-lapse video shows the line to Newhaven, which has been under construction since November 2019.
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Edinburgh Live went down for a sneak peek of the new tram line and decided to have a Top Gear-style race to see which was faster - the bus or the tram.
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Project cost city £1bn and 12 years of disruption after multiple delays and legal battles. It was described by one bruised official as hell on wheels but finally, a decade later than planned, Edinburgh's tram line has been finished. From midday on Wednesday, the full 18.5km (11.5 mile) line will be fully opened, taking passengers from the old port of Newhaven, through Leith and central Edinburgh and on to its international airport.
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Trams are only able to run between Edinburgh Park Station and St Andrew Square on Tuesday morning while urgent repairs are carried out near the Gyle.
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The three-mile extension, from the city centre to Leith and Newhaven, will start carrying passengers this week.
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Passengers will be hopping on tram services to Newhaven and back very soon with the tram extension just days away, though one test tram ended up stuck on Constitution Street on Thursday after being blocked by a van.
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Ting! Ting! The Edinburgh trams are coming. Or rather, the report of the Edinburgh Trams Inquiry is finally trundling into view. The BBC recently reported that the mammoth document had been sent to the printers and would land on a grateful public soon.
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Edinburgh trams will soon travel to Newhaven after the start date was announced for the latest route.
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Leith Walk has opened up to two-way traffic after undergoing three years of work as the trams to Newhaven project transformed the roads. However with new road markings and tram lanes, some drivers are left confused.
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Edinburgh Trams is on track for an award at an event being held to celebrate excellence in the Scottish transport sector. Following a series of wins over the past year, Edinburgh Trams is now on the shortlist for the prestigious title of Operator of the Year at the Scottish Transport Awards. The company has also been shortlisted in three other categories.
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There is varied opinions about the trams and especially in the Leith Walk as many residents have criticised the cost, time spent and the disruption that the trams have supposedly caused to the area.
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Leith Walk will be closing again just one month after roads were open in both directions. This comes after three years of disruption as tram lines were being installed in the area.
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The investigation into the botched construction of the line has cost more than the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war.
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They were a well-established part of the Edinburghs transport network until being scrapped in 1956, but the chaos over their reintroduction nine years ago threatened the entire project. In stark contrast, building the tram line extension to Newhaven is nearing completion without any major hitch, with tram testing underway since Monday. It suggests the still-incomplete tram inquiry could become a £13 million irrelevance.
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Trams across Edinburgh have been brought to a standstill after a 'power issue' disrupted travel plans for commuters with people left waiting at Edinburgh Park.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams  Edinburgh Park Central [Tram]: A tram bound for Edinburgh airport pulls into Edinburgh Park Central on 25 August 2015. |
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'Ghost' trams will tonight begin running up and down Leith Walk in Edinburgh to test out the brand-new extension to the network before its official opening. As part of the first stage of testing and commissioning, empty trams will drive at walking pace along small sections of the new route during evening and night shifts to minimise disruption to traffic. Official marshals will be in place to ensure the trials go to plan. The tests are expected to start from about 8pm from Picardy Place.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Leith Walk Newhaven Extension  Picardy Place [Tram]: In order to connect the Newhaven extension to the existing overhead power supply, services beyond West End were suspended from 13 to 19 February 2023. This view looking east at Picardy Place stop on 1 ... |
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It has been revealed that the £207 million extension will now be operational by June 21.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Newhaven Extension  Newhaven [Tram]: Former tram crews' convenience at Newhaven terminus, photographed on 31 Oct 2009 |
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Plea to Edinburgh council for parking and loading bays. [See also item of the 6th.]
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Relieved businesses and residents of Leith are eagerly anticipating the end of the tram works as streets begin to fully reopen after more than three years of construction.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Newhaven Extension  Balfour Street [Tram]: The extension of the trams to Newhaven is adding nearly three miles of route to the Edinburgh system. This photo shows a crossover in place on Leith Walk by the new Balfour Street stop on 15th Septemb ...  Newhaven [Tram]: Work continuing in June 2022 to link the Newhaven terminus with Ocean Terminal.
 Constitution Street [Tram]: Looking south along Constitution Street, Leith, at excavation work for the Newhaven extension to the Edinburgh Trams route, on 23 December. |
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All tram track, overhead line poles and communications and power ducting have been installed and the final section at Picardy Place is being installed over the next two weeks.
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The 110-point plan includes workplace parking charges, investment in walking and cycling, a tram extension and even a hovercraft link to Kirkcaldy - but councillors warned it lacked detail and questioned how it would be funded.
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Transport Secretary Michael Matheson has delayed his delivery plan for the Clyde metro and Edinburgh trams extension until the spring amid budgetary uncertainties he blamed on the UK Government.
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The brand new signs have not been fully unveiled yet but stand near to the Omni Centre and across the road from the St James Quarter.
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Edinburgh council could spend £210 per stop translating the names of every tram stop into Gaelic.
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Ahead of passenger services beginning next spring, the last section of rail has been laid at Picardy Place.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Newhaven Extension Picardy Place  Picardy Place [Tram]: Picardy Place stop taking shape, looking towards the end of the active line at York Place on 7th September 2022.
 Newhaven [Tram]: Looking towards Newhaven terminus, over the former Leith North station throat, on 9 December 2022. |
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The council's proposed extension could cost up to 1 billion and see trams run out to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
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Dozens of major transformations to transport Scotland over the next 20 years have been officially recommended by the Scottish Government.
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The proposed extension would not open until at least 2032 and would form part of a low-congestion travel network.
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The revised timetable will run until further notice to allow maintenance work of the overhead wires to take place and to ensure the completion of essential engineering works
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Our heritage lies beneath our feet, and dealing with archaeology has become a significant element in infrastructure projects' timelines. Since the pioneering post-war rescue excavations in London which restored the Roman temple of Mithraes, archaeological work has gradually become a part of development procedures, written since the 1990s into law.
(Permalink) Archaeology Edinburgh Trams Kyle Line Tranent Waggonway  Johnnie Cope^s Hole: The Battle of Prestonpans Memorial Tables on the former Tranent Waggonway.
 Cockenzie Harbour: A stone sleeper, part of a row exposed by excavations in 2017 by the 1722 Waggonway Heritage Group. A further dig on the route to Tranent is proposed.  West Maitland Street: Engineers in Edinburgh's West Maitland Street on 11 April 2012 have unearthed this 'linear feature' - surely a part of the old tramway system - and are busy removing it. Not rails, as might appear, bu ... |
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Several residents had complained after some near misses that drivers were ignoring clear signage that directs them not to turn onto Brunswick Road from Leith Walk.
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While many will see the huge white trams going past and think someone is pushing one button, being in the hot seat made us realise just how much work goes into safely delivering passengers from A to B.
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The Trams to Newhaven project, which runs through Leith Walk and Broughton Street, has caused traffic, bus diversions and community frustrations in the local area.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Newhaven Extension  Balfour Street [Tram]: A crossover being assembled near the Balfour Street stop. View north along Leith Walk on 11th September 2021.
 Ocean Terminal [Tram]: Looking north from the under construction Ocean Terminal tram stop, on 14th May 2021, with the shopping centre on the left and docks in the distance.
 Constitution Street [Tram]: Looking south along Constitution Street, with tram track being installed, on 6th December 2020. In the distance is Calton Hill, close to the present terminus of the tram line.
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Free tram travel for under-22s could be scrapped as part of the council's plans to cut back on expenditure. The local authority says they have to make £63 million in cuts next year.
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The new technologically advanced simulator is hoped to bring new recruits up to speed with the soon to be opened tram line between Newhaven and the city centre.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Newhaven Extension Picardy Place [Tram]: Picardy Place stop taking shape, looking towards the end of the active line at York Place on 7th September 2022.
 Ocean Terminal [Tram]: Track installation is nearing completion on the gap between Ocean Terminal and the terminus at Newhaven (in the distance), seen here on 24 September 2022.
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New data has revealed the total cost of incidents for Edinburgh City Council since the tracks were first built.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams  Haymarket [Tram]: There have been a number of accidents involving cyclists who get their wheels trapped in tram tracks. Here is advice to drivers at Haymarket. |
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The tram link from central Edinburgh to the city's airport ended up costing more than twice as much as planned for a substantially shorter route.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Edinburgh Trams Inquiry  Gyle Centre [Tram]: Crowds eagerly waiting to board trams at Gyle Centre around 10.30am on Saturday 31 May 2014, the first day of public services.  Princes Street [Tram]: A tram standing in Princes Street Gardens alongside the Scott Monument on 7 September 2005, having been borrowed from Nottingham and hoisted into the gardens by crane the previous day as part of an ex ...  McDonald Road [Tram]: The new sign for Major Roadworks in Edinburgh in 2007. View north along Leith Walk towards Princes Street on 8 October, with activity underway on the rerouting of gas, electricity and water sup ... |
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The official inquiry into the Edinburgh tram project is due to cost the same amount of money as Sir John Chilcots investigation into the Iraq war, according to a document obtained by The Scotsman.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Edinburgh Trams Inquiry Gyle Centre [Tram]: Crowds eagerly waiting to board trams at Gyle Centre around 10.30am on Saturday 31 May 2014, the first day of public services. Princes Street [Tram]: A tram standing in Princes Street Gardens alongside the Scott Monument on 7 September 2005, having been borrowed from Nottingham and hoisted into the gardens by crane the previous day as part of an ex ... McDonald Road [Tram]: The new sign for Major Roadworks in Edinburgh in 2007. View north along Leith Walk towards Princes Street on 8 October, with activity underway on the rerouting of gas, electricity and water sup ... |
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With works down on the Newhaven line extension still in progress, officials are set to put forward the proposals, which would see the tram operate on a north-south tram line.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Council Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway Edinburgh Trams Ferry Granton Kirkcaldy Newhaven Politics Proposals  Princes Street [Tram]: Edinburgh trams 275 and 256 meet at the Princes Street stop on 23 September.  Granton: A look 'ashore' along Granton Middle Pier where the wooden station was situated to the right of the newer brick building. Nowadays this is more of a quay than a pier as the West Harbour has been fille ...  Newington [NBR]: A diverted Waverley - Queen Street service passing west through the site of Newington station on Sunday 2 April 2006 on its way round the 'sub' to join the E&G main line at Haymarket West Junction. |
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The Newhaven line extension should be completed by spring 2023.
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Staff employed by Edinburgh Trams are currently bargaining for an improve pay offer than what is currently on the table, with Unite union rejecting the latest offer of a four per cent increase in the way of a one-off payment.
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Edinburgh Trams is on track for the Operator of the Year title after being shortlisted for a series of honours at the prestigious Scottish Transport Awards.
In total, Edinburgh Trams is among the frontrunners in five award categories after a series of successes over the past year. (Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Balgreen [Tram]: Edinburgh Tram 276 heads towards Balgreen and the city centre on 4 March, passing between Carrickknowe Golf Course and the E & G/Fife main lines.  Edinburgh Park Station [Tram]: An Edinburgh tram about to cross over east of Edinburgh Park station on 8 October prior to running back to Gogar Depot. Meantime a westbound DMU passes on the embankment in the background. |
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Critics have slammed 'astonishing and disgraceful' delays to the Edinburgh tram inquiry on the eighth anniversary of Alex Salmond announcing the probe.
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An extension to Granton and the Royal Infirmary could begin if the party is returned to power in the capital in May
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The Scottish Conservatives are focusing on rebuilding communities as the party says councillors will lobby the SNP Government to fund free travel for young people and pensioners on public transport links.
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SNP councillors have pledged to push ahead with tram extensions to the north and south of Edinburgh if they are returned to power in the local elections next month.
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The majority of track has been laid to take the tram to Newhaven as the scheme enters the final phase of construction works.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams  Newhaven [Tram]: Looking west from the Ocean Terminal car park towards Newhaven Tram Terminus (to the left of the tower block) on 12th October 2021. Track is being laid on the gradient from where the Leith North (CR) ...  Newhaven [Tram]: Looking west towards the Newhaven terminus, alongside the tower block, in February 2022. The tracks are climbing up from the former Leith North station throat.
 Newhaven [Tram]: Looking east from Newhaven tram stop on Lindsay Road on 16th July 2021. The track beyond will drop down to the level of the former Leith North station throat.
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Edinburgh Trams have announced that they will be returning to stops in the city centre by the end of the month as work to the existing line start to near completion
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Best-selling crime writer, James Oswald, has much to thank Edinburgh's tram works for, mainly the Constitution Street stretch down by South Leith Parish Church, which inspired his latest novel, All That Lives.
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The inquiry is looking into why the 14km line was completed years late and hundreds of millions over budget.
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Find out more about the works at York Place. As part of the next stage of works on the Trams to Newhaven project, the temporary tram stop at York Place will be decommissioned and removed to allow the installation of a crossover linking the existing line with the new route.
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Trams from Edinburgh Airport will temporarily terminate at the West End stop, as a new phase of construction begins on the Trams to Newhaven project.
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CouncilL officials at an SNP-led authority have been left frustrated by Holyrood ministers amid fears that a crucial extension to Edinburgh's tram extension will not materialise without government funding. [Article may require subscription. -RS]
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SNP ministers have included a Glasgow metro system, potential tram extensions for Edinburgh and replacing some island ferry routes with bridges or tunnels in their ambitious 20-year transport investment vision.
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Nicola Sturgeon has said it would be 'deeply inappropriate' for her to intervene in the long-running Edinburgh tram inquiry.
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Edinburgh's long-running tram inquiry has been given an extra £500,000 funding in next year's Scottish Budget - suggesting it could drag on well into 2022.
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Glasgow suffers through having no rail link from the airport to the city centre. There is no surer way of sucking the lifeblood out of a locality than to fail to provide adequate transport links. [Full article requires subscription. -RS]
(Permalink) Edinburgh Airport Edinburgh Trams Glasgow Airport  Edinburgh Airport [Tram]: A quiet period at Edinburgh Airport tram terminus on Sunday 13 July 2014 in a picture featuring 4 ticket machines, 3 staff, 2 trams and no passengers.  Paisley St James: A Transport Scotland sign standing alongside the playing fields near Paisley St James in October 2009. This would have seen a new viaduct constructed as part of the now scrapped Glasgow Airport Rail L ... |
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Check out the amazing progress weve made on the ground by seeing it from the sky.
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Fares on the Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams may rise after both were knocked back from being included on the free bus travel scheme for young people.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Free Bus Travel Glasgow District Subway  -: Interior shot of a Glasgow Subway car, taken on 11 September. You don't have to be freakishly tall to find that you can only stand up straight in the central section. It has to be said that the subway ... |
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As the Trams to Newhaven project marks the two-year point and remains on track for opening for revenue service in Spring 2023, were looking back over the progress made so far.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Newhaven Extension  Constitution Street [Tram]: Extension works for Edinburgh Trams on Constitution Street, Leith, looking north on 16th August 2021. Newhaven [Tram]: Looking east from Newhaven tram stop on Lindsay Road on 16th July 2021. The track beyond will drop down to the level of the former Leith North station throat.
 Leith Walk: Sign of the times 'Leith Walk' November 2008. (No sign of rails yet ...) |
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The tram works is aiming to finish construction by 2022, and the service is aiming to recruit more workers to assist with ticketing before the work is scheduled to end.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Newhaven Extension York Place [Tram]: Tram 275 approaches York Place terminus on 29th April 2021. This is to be superseded by the Picardy Place stop on the Newhaven extension. The stub on the left will be extended to form the double track ... Constitution Street [Tram]: Extension works for Edinburgh Trams on Constitution Street, Leith, looking north on 16th August 2021. |
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Different phases of the trams to Newhaven project will see the area on York Place and London Road undergo huge construction works as tracks are laid.
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Repairs have had to be made to 133 sections of Edinburgh's tram line after concrete that should have lasted 50 years has crumbled under the weight of buses.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams  West End - Princes Street [Tram]: An airport- bound Tram pulls into West End - Princes Street tram stop on 28 January 2016. This stop was originally to be called Shandwick Place; less ambiguous and in fact where the stop is. The gable ...  Princes Street [Tram]: Looking towards Shandwick Place from the west end of Princes Street on 22 June 2012, showing a cast concrete base now in place running from the end of the in situ eastbound tram track.  West End - Princes Street [Tram]: After the grinder. Close-up of a section of tram rail in Shandwick Place on 17 May 2013 following the passage of the rail grinder a few days earlier see image [[42993]]. |
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Safety repairs are underway on Edinburghs tram line after 'defects' in the concrete beside tracks became 'degraded'.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams West End - Princes Street [Tram]: An airport- bound Tram pulls into West End - Princes Street tram stop on 28 January 2016. This stop was originally to be called Shandwick Place; less ambiguous and in fact where the stop is. The gable ... Princes Street [Tram]: Looking towards Shandwick Place from the west end of Princes Street on 22 June 2012, showing a cast concrete base now in place running from the end of the in situ eastbound tram track. West End - Princes Street [Tram]: After the grinder. Close-up of a section of tram rail in Shandwick Place on 17 May 2013 following the passage of the rail grinder a few days earlier see image [[42993]]. |
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Works will start from London Road to York Place on the Trams to Newhaven project in the next four weeks.
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Campaigners have slammed Edinburgh City Councils 'hopeless' designs for pavements along the tram lines on Leith Walk - after it emerged the paths are so narrow they dont meet the council's own minimum standards.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Newhaven Extension  Foot of the Walk [Tram]: Looking north along Leith Walk on 3rd August 2021. Foot of the Walk stop will be beyond the major road junction in the distance. The abutments of the Caledonian Railway's New Leith Lines bridge change ... |
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The project has faced delays as a result of the pandemic, but has also seen expected costs rise due to underground utility work - an issue which plagued the initial tram project.
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At a recent presentation by the Trams to Newhaven team, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport were given the welcome message that lessons aplenty had been learned from the unfortunate early history of Edinburgh Trams, and without prejudice to Lord Hardie's eventual findings, these are reflected throughout the structure of the current project.
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Works will begin on Ocean Drive at Stevedoor Place in Leith on Monday, July 26, with teams setting up their site this weekend.
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Find out more about the 'Booklet of Crimes and Offences.'
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The Scottish Government is to provide a further £5.6 million of emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams in response to the on-going financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This latest emergency funding brings the total light rail support available to over £34 million and this will now be in place until the end of September 2021. This funding announcement follows ongoing discussions with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and Edinburgh Trams regarding available resources due to the unprecedented impact that Covid 19 has had on travel demand. (Permalink) COVID-19 Edinburgh Trams Glasgow Subway |
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Edinburgh's tram extension project has been hit with another financial setback - as accounts show a £12m funding gap caused by falling public transport use.
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Check out the amazing progress weve made on the ground by seeing it from the sky.
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Edinburgh's trams are operating every seven minutes throughout the day for the first time in more than a year.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Princes Street [Tram]: Edinburgh trams 275 and 256 meet at the Princes Street stop on 23 September. |
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Edinburgh Trams will be closing the temporary cycle way on Leith Walk to construct the permanent segregated design this will close from Monday 24 May.
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Find our more about SFN Apprentice Engineer Steven in our latest meet the team.
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Our Easter Scavenger Hunt will launch on Friday 2 April and run to Saturday 10 April.
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Taxpayers footed a previously secret legal bill of almost £2 million connected to Edinburgh City Council's defence of their botched tram construction project during the citys tram inquiry, it can be revealed.
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The Scottish Government is to provide a further £7.5 million of emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams in response to the on-going financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This latest emergency funding brings the total light rail support available up to £28.5 million and this will now be in place until the end of June 2021. This funding announcement follows ongoing discussions with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and Edinburgh Trams regarding available resources due to the unprecedented impact that Covid 19 has had on travel demand. (Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Glasgow Subway Scottish Government Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |
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Edinburgh City Council made changes to trams construction contracts that increased the risk of losing taxpayer cash after the bidding process was already completed, it has been revealed.
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To celebrate International Womens Day were learning more about the woman in charge of Trams to Newhaven.
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An ambitious decade-long transport plan for Edinburgh - designed to fight climate change, air pollution, congestion and inequality in the city - has been unveiled by council chiefs.
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Plans show a north/south line, running from Granton Harbour and down to either Roseburn or Shandwick Place.
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Council bosses in Edinburgh hope to have completed a new north-south tram line by 2030 and could introduce road tolls as part of a new blueprint to overhaul how people move around the city.
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Revival of two of Edinburghs shelved tram lines has been signalled in a new Scottish Government transport blueprint.
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Scottish Government funding for the long-running inquiry into the Edinburgh tram line fiasco is to be increased because it had been expected to have finished by now.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams  Princes Street [Tram]: An Airport bound Edinburgh tram at the east end of Princes Street during a test run on 11 April 2014 - complete with familiar backdrop. |
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Please find below a summary of additional traffic management arrangements to accommodate site investigations works and utility diversions outside the main area of works.
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Edinburgh City Council is set to grant contract extensions worth a total of £655,000 to consultants working on the trams extension project.
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Construction restart following First Minister's statement on 4 January 2021.
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The Edinburgh Tram Inquiry, which began in June 2014, was inevitable in the aftermath of the catastrophic failures and delay in the delivery of the new line.
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The Scottish Government is to provide a further £8 million of emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams in response to the on-going financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Trams to Newhaven work sites will shut down between Friday 18 December and Tuesday 5 January,
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Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a medieval woman they believe may have been murdered and dumped in a pit more than 700 years ago - beneath the site of a new tram line to Edinburghs waterfront.
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It's time to welcome back the Itison voucher scheme just in time for Christmas.
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Details of changes to the layout of the cycle lane and foot path on Leith Walk during November 2020.
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Newly-laid tracks for Trams to Newhaven project. Work to construct the Trams to Newhaven route is well underway, with the first tracks being laid in Leith. Contractors have begun constructing the 2.91 mile line and are currently working on the sections next to Ocean Terminal and in Tower Street, Leith.
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A row has broken out over Edinburgh City Council's tram extension project, after an opposition council leader warned 'we're bust now if we cancel, or we might be really bust in three or four years time if we carry on'.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Trams  Constitution Street [Tram]: Tramway construction works on Constitution Street in Leith on 16th January 2020. |
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Watch our vlog with Luis, Lead Track Engineer.
We speak to Luis, our Infrastructure and Systems contractor SFNs Lead Rail Engineer, on how the team are currently preparing the rails in advance of track installation. Luis explains how the rails were shipped to the Port of Leith and why SFN prepare rails in this way. (Permalink) Edinburgh Trams Newhaven |
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Trams to Newhaven final business case (FBC) updated to take into account the effect of COVID-19.
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'A tram line across the Forth Road Bridge connecting into the Edinburgh bus and tram network would make commuting by public transport possible for so many more people.'
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From Newhaven to London Road, this film gives a birds-eye view of the project.
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A £4 million funding boost for Edinburgh Trams and the Glasgow Subway has been announced by Transport Scotland.
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