Edinburgh Trams
Tramways was in Edinburgh way before the twenty-first
century. They have been designed in different ways than today. Trams in the
past were horse-drawn and cable-pulled, and they also had electric coaches
until 1956, when Edinburgh council decided to take them away for a while.
Edinburgh Council made a proposal in 2001 to bring trams
back to the city as people needed more public transport in a Capital City. They
proposed new electric trains already available in Manchester, Birmingham,
Nottingham and London. The council makes an aspirational proposition for three
lines of Trams. Mainly they were supposed to start at a village in Newhaven and
go to Musselburgh, but because of high costs and building Scottish Parliament
in 1999, the city could not afford to build 3 new tramway lines. Ultimately,
they accept one line from Edinburgh Airport to York Place, which is working
now. Council attempted to find public funding for new investment.
Unfortunately, because of this, it was far out of the budget after new established
Scottish Parliament building.
Scottish National Party reduced their spending pillar in
2007 after the election of Alex Salmond, and they cancelled the rail
investigation, which was supposed to bring people to the airport for new
electric Edinburgh Trams.
During investment, many problems were caused by still
growing costs, and the city had to find more money to finish that
investigation.
Edinburgh trams were opened again to the public in May 2014
after investing £1 billion.
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