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TRAM ROUTE
Operator: Edinburgh Trams
| TRAM | Newhaven - Leith Walk - Princes Street - Haymarket - Saughton - Edinburgh Park - Gogarburn - Edinburgh Airport |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 18.5 km.
HISTORY
Tramways
- Horse tramways: 6 Nov. 1871 - 1896.
- Cable tramways: Jan. 1888 - June 1923.
- First-generation electric tramway: (Leith Corporation Tramways): 18 Aug. 1905 - ; elsewhere: 1922 - 16 Nov. 1956.
- Revived tramway: 31 May 2014 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramways: Standard gauge (1435 mm.)
SOURCES
- Bett, W.H. & Gillham, J.C. Great British tramway networks. London: Light Railway Transport League, 1962.
- "Edinburgh: New routes to success" Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2023 (86: 1027), p.256-258.
- Johnston, H. "Edinburgh: They have started the building work" Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2006 (69: 827), p.416-418.
- Johnston, H. "What we have been waiting for... Edinburgh's almost ready to roll" Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2014 (77: 914), p.57-60.
- Mitchell, R. "Edinburgh's international face for the 21st century" Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2011 (74: 887), p.442-443.
- "North to South: Edinburgh's evolving network" Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2023 (86: 1030), p.376-379.
WIKIS
- Edinburgh and District Tramways
- Edinburgh Corporation Tramways
- Edinburgh Trams
- Leith Corporation Tramways
- Proposals for new tram lines in Edinburgh
- Transport for Edinburgh
WEB SITES
- Edinburgh Tram and Bus Routes - 1929
- Edinburgh Trams
- Granton history: Edinburgh tram routes
- Transport for Edinburgh
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