Edinburgh Trams Original Plan
The edinburgh tram route covers 14km from york place in the city centre all the way to edinburgh airport.
Edinburgh trams original plan. Yes up to two bicycles may be carried on trams free of charge at the discretion of the ticketing services assistant. With the official transport for edinburgh app you can buy and load your phone with m tickets for edinburgh trams and lothian buses. In 2001 a proposal for a new edinburgh trams network envisaged three routes across the city lines 1 2 and 3. The design management plan is viewed as a level 3 document within the hierarchy whereby any associated procedures and support documents will be referenced within it.
Trams to newhaven construction work is now under way with edinburgh trams timetabled to take their first passengers to and from newhaven in early 2023. Edinburgh corporation inherited 38 electric trams from the leith system and almost 200 edinburgh cable car bodies were converted to electric propulsion in the period 1921 24. Your m tickets can then be activated by scanning the qr code at the tram stop and used as you need them. Plan a journey with edinburgh trams find tram times route maps and stops here.
With approval now granted to proceed with completing the original line 1a to newhaven the project will begin at the end of march. Edinburgh s problem plagued tram system opened to paying customers on saturday three years behind schedule more than two times over budget and limited to a route that covers less than half. Construction began in june 2008 and after encountering delays it opened on 31 may 2014. Connect with trains at edinburgh gateway edinburgh park station and haymarket.
Waverley station is just a short walk from st andrew square. There was initially some experimentation with bogie trucks including attempts to electrify the original cable car chassis but it was quickly decided to standardise on new 4 wheel trucks. Overarching edinburgh tram project management plan and the various other work stream plans developed specifically for the edinburgh tram project.