Edinburgh Trams v
The New Trams for Edinburgh
November 2011
Due to increasing costs of construction, in September 2011 the local council agreed that the first phase of the tram works would cover a line between the Airport and St Andrew Square. At this time TIE (Transport Initiatives Edinburgh) was disbanded and the Council have taken over direct control of the construction process using independent contractors.
The latest announcement for the expected operation of the Tram Line is now 2014, although test running is likely at the end of 2011. Power to the overhead lines within the Depot at Gogar is live and a mini test track section is nearing completion between the Gogar Depot and the bridge near to the Royal Bank of Scotland headquarters.
2 trams are now stationed in the Depot, with the arrival of one from the manufactures, CAF, in late October and the relocation of the intial tram from storage in West Lothian, which had previously been on display within the city in Princes Street.
The current program of work, Phase 1, basically covers what was originally planned for Line 2. Work is in progress to complete approximately 958 metres of single line and 13,629 metres of double line (excluding the depot).
The initial tram line will now run from the Airport to St Andrew Square (nr Picardy Place).
The stops will be : -
Edinburgh Airport
Ingliston Park & Ride
Gogarburn
Edinburgh International Gateway
(this will connect to the train network at a new interchange station under construction between the depot and the Gogar underpass)
Gyle Centre
Edinburgh Park Central
Edinburgh Park Station
Bankhead
Saughton
Balgreen
Murrayfield Stadium
Haymarket
Shandwick Place
Princes Street
St Andrew Square
Picardy Place (York Place)
The line covers the approximate distances detailed in the original plan for Line 2 as follows.
463 (x1) Princes Street near Sir Walter Scott Monument along Princes Street to South St Andrew Street and to Queen Street
495 (x1) Princes Street along South St David Street, west side of St Andrew Square
1724 (x2) Princes Street from Sir Walter Scott Monument to Rutland Place Shandwick Place and West Maitland Street
680 (x2) West Maitland Street Haymarket Railway Station Roseberry House and Haymarket Yards
1650 (x2) Haymarket Yards Russell Road Roseburn Street over the Water of Leith and Balgreen Road
105 (x2) Russell Road to Balbirnie Place
1188 (x2) Balgreen Road to Saughton Mains Street
3150 (x2) Saughton Mains Street Broomhouse Road South Gyle Access and Lochside Way
1100 (x2) Lochside Way Lochside Avenue South Gyle Broadway Car Park of Gyle Shopping Centre
4032 (x2) Car Park Gyle Shopping Centre Meadowfield Farm Access (construction of Gogar Depot) Gogar Castle Gogar Mains Farm Road Ingliston Park & Ride South of Edinburgh Airport (for airport terminal building)
November 2011
The photographs on this page were all taken in November 2011 and show work in progress at the various sites.
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