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Portobello Transport |
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From the mid-nineteenth century, Portobello became accessible, when the horse drawn coaches and omnibuses were joined by cheaper transport: Cable Cars - 1846: railway station opened (on the Edinburgh - London line) - 1875: horse drawn trams (Edinburgh to Portobello) - 1897: horse drawn trams (Edinburgh to Joppa) - 1902: cable cars (Edinburgh to Joppa) - 1904: electric trams (Musselburgh to Joppa - change at Joppa for Portobello) - 1923: electric trams (Edinburgh to Levenhall and Port Seton) - 1956: motor buses There were also experiments with a steam-driven bus in 1871, and steam-trams in the 1870s and 1880s, but these were unsuccessful. |
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