http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Trains and trams in Porty and Joppa en Thu, 21 May 2026 11:10:23 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3655#post-38352 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:45:37 +0000 crowriver 38352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As they say Glasgow is the biggest Irish city in the UK outside Liverpool. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3655#post-38350 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:35:09 +0000 chdot 38350@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Subway trains weren't always orange</p> <p><a href="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQM6K0lNbiKT8Zm1KMHUx_Uh5yoweCaywg1D29EqdJLIxkegTuL" rel="nofollow">http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQM6K0lNbiKT8Zm1KMHUx_Uh5yoweCaywg1D29EqdJLIxkegTuL</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3655#post-38348 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:14:51 +0000 kaputnik 38348@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Before SPT, the Glasgow Corporation buses and trams were green, cream and orange! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3655#post-38327 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:39:16 +0000 crowriver 38327@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Eastern Scottish buses were green and white. What with the Lothian buses being maroon and white, as a kid in the 1970s I used to think the different buses were for<br /> Hibs and Hearts supporters respectively. Also couldn't help noticing SPT buses and Glasgow underground were...orange. Colours send signals... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3655#post-38301 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:28:20 +0000 kaputnik 38301@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Notice in the first tram postcard how the tram on the right has a catenary and the tram on the left doesn't. As caption suggested, Edinburgh Corporation tram was cable hauled, through slot in the road. Musselburgh tram was modern-fangled and electric.</p> <p>You had to change at the boundary between the Corporations to continue your journey. I think same used to happen on Leith Walk before Leith was aborbed by Edinburgh. Same is happening in 3rd-6th tram postcards down. Not much to get nostalgic about! </p> <p>Edinburgh eventually caught up and went electric. One of the winding houses was at Shrubhill. Preservation attempts have failed. Gembo has previously observed the slot in the road that has been preserved at Waterloo Place.</p> <p>Musselburgh trams were red and cream. Edinburgh's were madder and cream. Apparently that's why the Number 15 busses were painted into red in the last few years of high-floor bus operation. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3655#post-38299 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:15:17 +0000 chdot 38299@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When they had stations!</p> <p><a href="http://forum.talkporty.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&amp;t=3376" rel="nofollow">http://forum.talkporty.org/viewtopic.php?f=18&amp;t=3376</a> </p>