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  1. dg145
    Member

    Nearly became the first recorded victim of the new Edinburgh trams tonight.

    I was heading along the Broomhouse Path towards Edinburgh Park Station, struggling against a fair headwind. I reached the new tram track crossing point just before the Station and hadn't thought to bother about checking for oncoming traffic. I glanced round and noticed a very bright light heading straight for me and it took a couple of seconds to register that this was an actual, in the flesh, tram. I made it acrtoss Ok, but as it passed the assorted drivers, workies and safety testers were all staring hard at me (one of them probably scribbling a note about 'bikes ... hadn't thought about that!'

    Ah well, another hazard to look out for from now on ...

    Posted 10 years ago #

  2. steveo
    Member

    You must have been a few miles further up, I raced the tram from haymarket yards but it dropped me at roseburn. I was especially careful when it came to crossing to the Broomhouse path after hearing how quiet the bell is.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  3. dg145
    Member

    Bells? They've got bells? I either lost that in the wind or they were trying to sneak up on me.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  4. gembo
    Member

    Maybe the bells get louder if they go faster?

    Posted 10 years ago #

  5. chdot
    Admin

    http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-tram-finally-arrives-on-princes-street-1-3221258

    Posted 10 years ago #

  6. Focus
    Member

    Did Mr copyshop and Ms kilt shot not come out to get themselves a quote in the chipwrapper? :-o

    Posted 10 years ago #

  7. LaidBack
    Member

    ... but you said it 'would never happen'. ;-)

    For some reason I can't find the archive of that post!

    Of course running a tram in the middle of the night is one thing. I waited for ages behind this airport bus before getting onto Shandwick Place. Will buses be directed to stay off of tracks whenever possible? Where should a bike be here? Bike sign suggest right where I'm sitting.


    ICE VTX test ride on tram route by LaidBackBikes, on Flickr

    Posted 10 years ago #

  8. Roibeard
    Member

    @LB - Finally a solution to the tracks!

    The council are to provide trikes to all cyclists...

    Completely eliminates the risk of falling off due to the new infrastructure.

    Much more reliable than signage and cheaper than the compensation payouts...

    All you need to do is become the official (sole?) supplier - do remember us when you make your fortune!

    Robert

    Posted 10 years ago #

  9. Focus
    Member

    No, the council would get it wrong as usual:

    They'd provide us all with stabilisers but make such a mess of the contact negotiations that they'd spend 3 times as much on them as if they had supplied us with trikes!

    Posted 10 years ago #

  10. Klaxon
    Member

    Laidback: You should be exactly where you are. Until beyond Haymarket the tram has to take it's turn through shared junctions like any other motor vehicle.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  11. LaidBack
    Member

    Yes... that's what I thought. So in future the tram may just be in a jam with assorted vehicles - mainly buses with the occasional cycle.

    I was tempted to use the direct route on West Maitland to Haymarket but it's not marked for cycles.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  12. chdot
    Admin

    http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/airport-bus-deal-agreed-to-run-alongside-trams-1-3224223

    Posted 10 years ago #

  13. Arellcat
    Moderator

    Not so much 'Tram latest' as 'Tram last'; I've been enjoying the historical film of Edinburgh Corporation building and then killing off its cable and electric trams, andcomplete with mellifluous RP narration.

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    Look out for the rail bridges over Trinity junction (0h40, 0h55 and 1h26) and Seafield Road (1h00), views of Polwarth (0h42 and 0h46), and the delights of Gilmore Place junction (0h48). Marvel at the compact layout of Leith Street (1h13) and ye olde Picardy Place (1h15). Watch as a cyclist expertly negotiates the tracks at Greenside (1h10) and over the Trinity S-bend (1h26).

    There's also a tram sporting an advert for Golden Rule ale but I'm not going to tell you whereabouts it is in the film.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  14. chdot
    Admin

    http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/end-of-the-line-former-tram-depot-up-for-sale-1-3230392

    Posted 10 years ago #

  15. kaputnik
    Moderator

    The journo clearly doesn't know what "mothballing" a building means. "Demolished" is the word they're looking for.

    Also, Unite bought the site for £6m in 2006 (height of property speculation boom) and it's now worth £40m in the middle of a very long housing building and finiancial slump? Seems to me the best performing bit of investment anyone has ever made in Edinburgh!

    Posted 10 years ago #

  16. chdot
    Admin

    Most of the 'added value' was due to the council awarding planning permission.

    It remains to be seen how much the city will get in future Council Tax.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  17. PS
    Member

    “Housing is much needed in Leith so I’m glad this proposal is still being progressed. On a business front the development will increase footfall and overall economic activity in the area.”

    Leith Walk councillor Deirdre Brock echoed this and said: ““Everyone knows that Leith is looking for affordable homes and potential development on this site has to be welcomed.”

    [Geographical pedantry]Shrubhill Place isn't in Leith, is it?[/Geographical pedantry]

    Posted 10 years ago #

  18. chdot
    Admin

    "
    Leith Walk councillor Deirdre Brock echoed this and said: ““Everyone knows that Leith is looking for affordable homes and potential development on this site has to be welcomed.”

    "

    "

    Around 160 homes – a mix of apartments, town houses, and colony-style properties

    "

    IF it's worth £40m, that's £250k before building begins. So, "affordable"?

    If only LB/CEC had held onto the land and planned to build the houses...

    Posted 10 years ago #

  19. Dougie
    Member

    Might be a £40 million development rather than a £40 million plot

    Posted 10 years ago #

  20. chdot
    Admin

    Well the ENews couldn't possibly be wrong...

    "

    The 4.5-acre site was granted planning permission last month and property firm DTZ has now placed the £40 million plot for sale with a host of housing 
developers queueing up to take on the project.

    "

    Posted 10 years ago #

  21. DaveC
    Member

    I see new led (Light Emitting Diodes, Anth!) signs are being installed at the St Andrew Sq tram stop. Its not clear in the photo but the signs currently state, Next Tram due in: 4 months, 18 days, 17 hours, 25 mins 32 seconds.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  22. chdot
    Admin

    http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/new-tram-and-bus-logos-unveiled-1-3235954

    Posted 10 years ago #

  23. PS
    Member

    There was a tram sitting at St Andrew Square as I walked into work this morning. I'll confess to being mildly excited by the sight of it.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  24. DaveC
    Member

    Aye a collegue saw it and popped a photo on his farcebook page.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  25. rosscbrown
    Member

    Amusing - probably the only new tram scheme that had a full livery change before operating :)

    Posted 10 years ago #

  26. kaputnik
    Moderator

    This is the 3rd change I believe. The promo tram had the "Harlequin" livery, then there was one with a single red stripe on a white body and now it is a madder stripe on a white body. Plus ca change.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  27. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    My dad at the weekend mentioned remembering falling off his bike on tramlines in Newcastle as a kid. Made me think of all of those people commening on EEN news stories of "We had trams in the past and no-one fell on them".

    Posted 10 years ago #

  28. EddieD
    Member

    Whilst Titian was mixing rose madder,
    His model reclined on a ladder...

    I'll stop there.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  29. Min
    Member

    "Okay wise guy, if you're so clever, you tell us what colour it should be"

    Golgafrincham marketing analyst on why it is so difficult to invent the wheel.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  30. kaputnik
    Moderator

    invent the wheel

    "let's not reinvent the wheel" should be over on the business bullsh*t thread.

    Posted 10 years ago #

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