Jack
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I have to say having been against the tram at the start and through construction of the first phase I quite like it now and I'm looking forward to seeing them purr up and down Leith Walk. I have reservations about the traffic chaos but I'm sure we'll get used to it.
However.
Today brings us news of the future plans for trams ... and more than one line! It will be more than a tr .
"The plans show a north/south line, running from Granton Harbour and down to either Roseburn or Shandwick Place, on the existing central tram line.
The line would then follow the existing city centre track, before turning south-east to the ERI and Bio Quarter.
There are also plans for a mass transit network, including trams, extending west from the airport to West Lothian.
The council plans to have a complete business case for the next tram extension by 2023, with a final business case set to be completed in 2025.
Subject to approval, the council is aiming to have the north/south tram line, and a westward expansion, completed by 2030."
Nothing to Fife.
See link below.
Last week a read in a local Fife rag how their local travel plan headliner was an extention of the Edinburgh tram over the Forth and well into Fife. The local transport infrastructure will not be able to cope with the increased demand in the next few years it said.
It seems no-one in Fife thought to tell Edinburgh or vice versa. Do these people not think to talk to each other?
The City of Edinburgh Council don't have a great track record on anything tram. It was just too big for them and having an arms length company involved just compounded the clusterfuck. I'd gladly see projects like this at least partly taken out of local authority hands.
If its all allowed to go ahead I wouldn't be surprised if the Edinburgh and Fife trams ran on different guage tracks!
However.
Today brings us news of the future plans for trams ... and more than one line! It will be more than a tr .
"The plans show a north/south line, running from Granton Harbour and down to either Roseburn or Shandwick Place, on the existing central tram line.
The line would then follow the existing city centre track, before turning south-east to the ERI and Bio Quarter.
There are also plans for a mass transit network, including trams, extending west from the airport to West Lothian.
The council plans to have a complete business case for the next tram extension by 2023, with a final business case set to be completed in 2025.
Subject to approval, the council is aiming to have the north/south tram line, and a westward expansion, completed by 2030."
Nothing to Fife.
See link below.
Last week a read in a local Fife rag how their local travel plan headliner was an extention of the Edinburgh tram over the Forth and well into Fife. The local transport infrastructure will not be able to cope with the increased demand in the next few years it said.
It seems no-one in Fife thought to tell Edinburgh or vice versa. Do these people not think to talk to each other?
The City of Edinburgh Council don't have a great track record on anything tram. It was just too big for them and having an arms length company involved just compounded the clusterfuck. I'd gladly see projects like this at least partly taken out of local authority hands.
If its all allowed to go ahead I wouldn't be surprised if the Edinburgh and Fife trams ran on different guage tracks!
Huge tram extension planned for Edinburgh
Plans show a north/south line, running from Granton Harbour and down to either Roseburn or Shandwick Place.
www.bbc.co.uk
