Tram and bus collide at West End

An Edinburgh Tram and a First Bus X38 have been in collision this morning on West Maitland Street at the city’s West End.

Trams were stopped at Haymarket and buses were diverted via Palmerston Place, Chester Street, Walker Street, Coates Crescent onto the route at Shandwick Place.

A spokesman for Edinburgh Trams said: ‘One of our trams was hit by a First Bus in West Maitland Street at 0743 this morning.

‘After recovery of the bus by a tow truck, engineers were able to assess the tram on street and drive it back to the depot where a full damage assessment  was carried out.

‘We’ve reviewed our cctv footage and are satisfied that our driver was not at fault and that our procedures for handling an incident like this were followed appropriately.’

Services resumed on the full line at 1038 and are now running normally. We’d like to apologise to any passengers affected by the incident this morning.’

These photos are courtesy of Alan Rudland

 

This photo is from Mark Tee