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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.
(Permalink) Dalkeith Edinburgh Royal Infirmary Edinburgh Trams Granton |
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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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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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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 National Transport Trust has awarded Burntislands 'floating railway' train station a prestigious Red Wheel to commemorate its achievement as the first roll-on/ roll-off seagoing train ferry in the world.
(Permalink) Burntisland Granton Thomas Bouch  Burntisland [1st]: At the invitation of Ian Archibald from the Burntisland Heritage Trust, the National Transport Trust's latest Red Wheel denoting a site of transport heritage was unveiled on 16th December 2020 by Vice ... |
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Part of Burntisland's heritage is to be recorded with a new plaque.
The National Transport Trust wants to put a red plaque at the Old Station House in Forth Place to commemorate its role as a key transport route between Fife and Edinburgh before the Forth Rail bridge was built. It has applied to Fife Council for permission to add it to the front of the building. (Permalink) Burntisland Granton National Transport Trust Thomas Bouch Train ferry  Burntisland New Pier: The passenger paddle steamer 'William Muir' enjoyed a long service between 1879 and 1937. Introduced on the Granton-Burntisland with the increase in traffic after the opening of the first Tay Bridge s ...  Burntisland New Pier: The Burntisland Ferry Booking Office in 1973, demolished a few years later to make way for a short-lived hovercraft operation. The lettering on the canopy reads GRANTON - BURNTISLAND FERRY - BOOKING O ...  Burntisland [1st]: The Edinburgh and Northern 1847 terminus at Burntisland which linked with the train ferry to Granton. All doors and windows are now boarded up, March 2007. |
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