http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Gorgie Rd to Princes St en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:42:04 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-63781 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:45:11 +0000 fimm 63781@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>An update on the Dalry Road works: about half of the area I guess they're going to do has been done. I rather like what they're done, too. The tarmac is the kind that has big black chippings in it - except in the cycle lanes, where it has big red chippings. You could argue that this makes the lane less prominent then if it had bright red tarmac, which is true, but I rather like the subtlety.</p> <p>There's a new traffic island going in near the railway bridge, which will create a proper pinch point. They seem to be widening the pavement in that area as well, which is good, but not further along by the wall, which I think could do with being widened as well, the pavement all the way along there is rather narrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-63776 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:04:03 +0000 chdot 63776@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> @cocteautriplets: </p> <p>Tried to cycle from George Street to Dalry Road without getting lost. Failed. #edtravcyc </p> <p>Original Tweet: <a href="http://api.twitter.com/1/cocteautriplets/status/186873546549637120" rel="nofollow">http://api.twitter.com/1/cocteautriplets/status/186873546549637120</a> </p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-63097 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:16:23 +0000 alibali 63097@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Frustrated passengers at Haymarket. Ticket queue stretched out the door this morning. Is that normal @ScotRail?</em></p> <p>Of course the "other" door was unused, while entry/exit/ticket queues all tried to use the one door. I was really popular trying to get a bike through! Went in by the unused door... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-63062 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:21:05 +0000 cb 63062@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The cancellation of several trains was more frustrating.</p> <p>What is it with the signals at Markinch and Ladybank and why does their failure always affect trains that go nowhere near them? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-63048 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:19:46 +0000 chdot 63048@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>David Miller (@BBCDavidMiller)</p> <p>3/28/12 8:10 AM<br /> Frustrated passengers at Haymarket. Ticket queue stretched out the door this morning. Is that normal @ScotRail?</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62996 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:07:19 +0000 Roibeard 62996@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Arellcat - there are prescribed diversions? Or do you mean the motorised diversions, as I've not spotted any diversion signage for the cycle routes...</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62965 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:10:30 +0000 Arellcat 62965@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>it is a bit of a "feature" of this forum that threads go off track!</em></p> <p>"Off track", on a thread mostly about trains and trams! You might even say there's a tendency for threads to be "derailed"! I'll get my coat.</p> <p>I've decided not to bother with maps in relation to tramworks. I think I'll just go the long way around and avoid the area entirely. But then, that's exactly what TIE and CEC would like us to do. Maybe we should all attempt to use the prescribed diversions, and clog it up even more. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62963 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:07:52 +0000 spytfire 62963@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@min <em>"the never ending tramworks"</em><br /> Now sing it to the theme tune to "Never ending story" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62962 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:03:54 +0000 Min 62962@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"bluejeansgirl, well done! Your thread seems to have become the place for a general moan about Haymarket tram works/station/etc..."</p> <p>Hmm yes good point! Don't take it personally Bluejeansgirl, it is a bit of a "feature" of this forum that threads go off track! Glad your ride went well though and I hope the never ending tramworks are not too offputting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62960 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:42:53 +0000 cb 62960@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was bike number 25 on the Haymarket racks this morning which I felt a little guilty about, but the bike I doubled up with has plenty space to get out. I'm not sticking out /too/ much...</p> <p>Wheeling through the narrows was OK for the 10s I needed it to be OK for. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62958 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:26:31 +0000 fimm 62958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>bluejeansgirl, well done! Your thread seems to have become the place for a general moan about Haymarket tram works/station/etc...<br /> I obviously have not been in Edinburgh long enough to know about Haymarket station... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62952 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:56:06 +0000 custard 62952@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>that just looks wrong! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62950 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:36:32 +0000 Min 62950@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The tram works twang the shorts elastic of map enthusiasts. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62948 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:31:18 +0000 spytfire 62948@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>to navigate tram works you need to be force sensitive so you can detect a 'disturbance' </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62940 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:38:19 +0000 chdot 62940@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You rely on MAPS -</p> <p>in relation to tram 'works'??</p> <p>GottaBthere... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62939 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:36:55 +0000 spytfire 62939@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah I felt weird going that way too - the WoL defo the best way for me, lovely and peacful nobody trying to kill me. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62938 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:34:33 +0000 Arellcat 62938@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot: my mistake! Good heavens, what hope is there if map enthusiasts can't even read it right? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62934 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:23:02 +0000 chdot 62934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Kaputnik, via Baldcyclist, the trick is that Torphichen Place is being made two-way, so you go down Morrison St and then turn right at Diane's Pool Hall.</p> <p>"<br /> Actually NO - direction reversed -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/6874182370/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7124/6874182370_e68eea8472.jpg"></a></p> <p>Slightly un-nerving going 'wrong way'! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62930 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:07:18 +0000 spytfire 62930@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><strong>Well done bluejeangirl!</strong><br /> there was a conversation in the changing room this morning about all the fair weather cyclists comeing out of hibernation ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62895 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:34:02 +0000 gembo 62895@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Vast amount of mad driving on the roads of Edinburgh. The sun is to blame </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62893 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:48:30 +0000 chdot 62893@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well done. </p> <p>@on_lothianbuses very good at training their drivers. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=4#post-62888 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:12:13 +0000 bluejeangirl 62888@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Test routes was a bit of an adventure on Sunday, but I got to grips with everything pretty quickly, and more than anything I'm impressed with how good the lothian bus drivers are with cyclists! That was one of my main concerns! </p> <p>This morning i did Torphican St - Canning st - Lothian Road and it was all good, but I missed busier traffic having to be at work so early! But my shifts always change so I will hopefully always be able to miss the worst of it one way or another...</p> <p>Perfect cycling weather!! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=3#post-62876 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:53:38 +0000 Arellcat 62876@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kaputnik, via Baldcyclist, the trick is that Torphichen Place is being made two-way, so you go down Morrison St and then turn right at Diane's Pool Hall. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=3#post-62873 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:22:29 +0000 Baldcyclist 62873@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@kaputnik Morrison St &gt; Torphicen Place &gt; Palmerston Place &gt; Glencairn Crescent &gt; Magdala Crescent.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=3#post-62868 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:09:52 +0000 spytfire 62868@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot - no <a href="http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1502668">This was Today</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=1502663">Will be tomorrow</a><br /> As you can see I am aiming for Stockbridge so a more northerly route suits better</p> <p>And now the spam filter will be on to me </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=3#post-62867 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:06:44 +0000 alibali 62867@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>.. we have to go and complain to the Victorians about Haymarket station..</em></p> <p>Well, up to a point. But... there are two doors, only one is used much. They could be "In" and "Out" with suitable feed in rails to the barriers which are "In" and "Out" most mornings.</p> <p>And why do all the season ticket users go through the manned barriers? Maybe because the auto barriers don't work with season tickets, which could be fixed. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=3#post-62865 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:00:54 +0000 chdot 62865@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"A footbridge linking Dalry Road ..."</p> <p>So would the one 'in the plans' for many years, from around Duff Street to Devon Place. </p> <p>Too expensive... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=3#post-62864 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:58:24 +0000 kaputnik 62864@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>easy peasy.</em></p> <p>Unless your approach from the east is via Morrison Street. I can't figure out how I can get west from Morrison Street without going up Dalry. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=3#post-62863 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:54:07 +0000 chdot 62863@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I assume knocking the thing down and starting again (or building some more space on the front) isn't an option"</p> <p>Been an option many times - including replacement with a many storey office block. </p> <p>It's the balance betweeen history/heritage/place and 'modern'/clean/practical. </p> <p>There <em>are</em> plans for E-G which will mean improvements, but I think key bits of Edinburgh's first 'main line station/terminus' will remain. </p> <p>This is Edinburgh. </p> <p>How long for Waverley escalators + Haymarket lifts?? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5760&page=3#post-62862 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:53:20 +0000 Baldcyclist 62862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I didn't have any problems at Haymarket coming from the west, turned up Magdala Crescent, along Eglinton Cresent, turn right onto Palmerston Place, then back onto Torphicen St.<br /> Looks like it is just the reverse of that to go west, easy peasy. </p>