Tag: Edinburgh Trams
Council working on the Haymarket junction and tram line awareness
New measures to raise tram line awareness at Haymarket Junction
The Council is to take steps to address some of the concerns raised by cyclists about a junction in the Haymarket area. The area was...
Board members to be appointed to Transport for Edinburgh this week
With a third of the tram route now open for testing the council believes it is time to appoint the members of the board who will run the public transport offering in Edinburgh which...
Phew! End is in sight for City Centre Tram works
WEST END REOPENING MARKS END OF CITY CENTRE DISRUPTION
The council said today that Shandwick Place will reopen tomorrow meaning that the end of city centre disruption due to tram works is in view.
The £776m...
Trams now running to Edinburgh Park – for testing only for now
All photos courtesy of Edinburgh Trams
Trams are now being run along the length of the route from Edinburgh Airport as far as Edinburgh Park. This means that this morning about 10 o'clock the first...
Five things Edinburgh needs to know today
Greyfriars Bobby has a very shiny nose - Tram testing to begin on Tuesday - Haddowfest - People's Health Trust offering funding - Tonight at the Cameo
It is reported that the Greyfriars Bobby statue...
Tram testing to be extended to Edinburgh Park from Tuesday
At last we will begin to see the trams further away from the airport than the depot at Gogar. Trams have to undergo rigorous testing which will now extend out to Edinburgh Park.
Residents, commuters...
West End traders get their name on the tram line
Following comments from local businesses, the tram stop in Shandwick Place is to be renamed so that any visitors will know where they are....
The stop will be renamed ‘West End – Princes Street’ to...
Tram tickets to cost the same as buses
Edinburgh City Council has just revealed that the cost of getting on a tram will be the same as getting on a bus, with the exception of the fare to the airport and Ingliston...
Council to reopen York Place on Friday morning
York Place to open to traffic following tram works
The council has announced that finishing touches are being made to tram works on York Place and the street will be open to traffic on Friday...
There’s a wee problem with Edinburgh trams…….
The beleaguered Edinburgh Tram project has had many obstacles to cross, but one which has been slammed by independent consultants in a report just 'leaked' today has still to be eliminated.
The council asked the...
Concessionary travel will be offered on Edinburgh trams
The council has announced that in common with the way that Lothian Buses operate at the moment there will be a "single fully integrated flat fare regardless of the distance travelled" except for journeys...
Council plans to roll out Transport for Edinburgh
‘Transport for Edinburgh’ can be the future of public transport in our Capital - Councillor Lesley Hinds
The Council is set to create a new organisation to integrate transport services in the Capital. Transport for...
Mercat launches new special beer to mark the end of tramworks
A New ‘Mercat’ Commemorative Beer On-board
The award-winning Mercat Bar & Restaurant in Edinburgh’s Haymarket area has launched a special, own branded beer in conjunction with Alechemy Brewing, the microbrewery based in West Lothian -...
Edinburgh trams company predict profitability
The tram service is predicted to run at a surplus over fifteen years following recent news coverage that suggests otherwise, according to the council.
The BBC ran an article earlier this week which suggested that...
First Section of Tram Line handed over to City of Edinburgh Council
TRAM JOURNEY MARKS COMPLETION OF FIRST SECTION
The Edinburgh Reporter went out to Ingliston Park and Ride this morning just after 8 and jumped on a tram along with other media people, (yes the telly people...
Council plan diversions away from the New Town
New traffic management plans were announced today following discussions with local residents and businesses affected by the city centre tram works, some of which took place as recently as last night at the New...
Opinion – Trams and bikes – do they mix?
by Andy Arthur
So Princes Street in Edinburgh has been shut for around 2 or 3 years (I've lost count) and this is the THIRD attempt to lay the tram lines and surface.
The last two...
Schoolchildren asked to play it safe with trams
Hundreds of children in Edinburgh’s West End are being asked to play it safe this summer and stay away from tram construction sites. Project staff paid visits to two City primary schools in the...
Response to criticism of Tram project costs
Bob McCafferty, the Tram Project Director, has hit back at recent criticism of the apparently escalating costs of the project.
He has written:-
"The Scotsman newspaper yesterday ran a front page article: -‘Tram costs hit £600m...
New traffic diversions from today
Tram works are now in full flow, but changes from today mean that buses will be taking different routes when they reach the city centre.
The Mound will reopen to taxis buses and cyclists today,...
West End will become a ‘shopper’s paradise’ amid tram works
This weekend another round of roadworks will be starting. Edinburgh Trams announced:-
"As of Saturday 14 January 2012, Edinburgh Trams will start preparing Shandwick Place for a programme of tram works until spring 2013 and...
Milestone marked in Edinburgh’s Tram Project
A major milestone in the Edinburgh Trams project has been reached today with an event to mark the official handover of the Gogar depot to The City of Edinburgh Council. The depot will be...
Next phase of the tram works announced
The latest programme of work to progress the Haymarket to St Andrew Square section of the Edinburgh Tram route has been announced today .
St Andrew Street and Shandwick Place will be closed to traffic on 7th and...
Tram contractors encounter more problems
A transport probe has found that a proposed tram route through Edinburgh city centre clashes with more than 1100 pipes and cables.
The issues were discovered during a series of tests of the 1.3 mile...
Trams to be brought to Edinburgh – but we don’t need them!
Council bosses are to spend £110,000 on shipping a fleet of trams they no longer need from Spain to Edinburgh.
And the ten redundant trams might have to be ferried back out to the continent...
Thousands spent on Edinburgh tram film (and the remake)
Tram bosses spent tens of thousands of pounds on a minutes-long film promoting the controversial project – only to pay even more to have it remade.
tie, the company which ran the trams until it...
No free parking in Edinburgh this Christmas
Scrooge tram bosses in Edinburgh have refused to help out traders and shoppers by providing free parking at Christmas.
The new body set up by the council to supervise the troubled project is spending part...
Edinburgh Trams – A Streetcar named Desire?
Professor Iain Docherty delivered an intentionally thought-provoking and determinedly controversial talk about the Edinburgh Tram Project at the Royal Scottish Society of Arts meeting last night, which left The Reporter wondering whether anyone at...
A Streetcar named Desire? – A talk about trams 10 October 2011
The Royal Scottish Society of Arts is hosting a talk on Monday evening all about trams.
"A Streetcar Named Desire?
What the Edinburgh Trams fiasco teaches us about our attitudes to transport and the cities we...
Transport Scotland in the driving seat to deliver Edinburgh trams
The Scottish Government has announced that it will help oversee the final delivery of the Edinburgh trams project.
Ministers have also confirmed that the remaining £72 million Scottish Government grant will be reinstated to the...
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