Tram Testing

St Andrew Square

York Place

and

Princes Street

Feb to May 2014

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The Photos

Photos  1.  2.  3.    =    Tram Stop at the East Side of St Andrew Square

Photos  4.  5.  6.    =    Looking down on St Andrew Square

Photos  7.  8.  9.    =    Tram approaching St Andrew Square from York Place

Photos  10.  11.      =    York Place  -  Launch date of tram service announced

Photos  12.  13       =    Princes Street  -  Trams and Buses

 

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Looking North

1.

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Looking NE

2.

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Looking SW

3.

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Looking WSW

4.

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Looking West

5.

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Looking Down

6.

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Looking NNW

7.

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Looking NNW

8.

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Looking NW

9.

Tram in York Place in early-March 2014, announcing the date when the Edinburgh tram service will commence ©

York Place

10.

Tram in York Place in early-March 2014, announcing the date when the Edinburgh tram service will commence ©

York Place

11.

Tram and Bus in Princes Street, mid-March 2014.  The bus is in the new branded livery for Route 26 ©

Princes Street

12.

Tram and Bus in Princes Street, mid-March 2014.  The bus is in the branded  livery for Route 22 ©

Princes Street

13.

 

Trams approaching St Andrew Square from York Place

OLD

    53 York Place  -   Matheson McLaren & Co, wholesale tea merchants ©

1950s?

Turning: York Place to
 North St Andrew Street

1.

NEW

    53 York Place  -   Osbourne Hotel ©

2014

Turning: York Place to
 North St Andrew Street

2.

 

Murrayfield

and a couple of views from on board the tram on its
test return journey from Murrayfield to Edinburgh Airport

March 2014

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Testing the Trams

The photos below were all taken on 13 March 2014,  during Exercise Salvador, an exercise in which 1,000 members of the public were invited to test Edinburgh's new trams, a couple of months before their launch.

The tram bosses were particularly keen to test the trams' ability to cope with 60,000 fans expected to attend the One Direction concert at Murrayfield Stadium on 3 June 2014, shortly after the tram system goes live.

 

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

Logo on a Tram at
Murrayfield Tram Stop

1.

0_edinburgh_transport_-_trams_testing_2014.htm#murrayfield ©

Tran Ticket + Sticker
from Exercise Salvador

2.

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

View from the Cab near
Ingliston Tram Stop

3.

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

Tram Workers at Murrayfield Tram Stop

4.

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

Tram Workers at Murrayfield Tram Stop

5.

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

Tram Workers at
 Murrayfield Tram Stop

6.

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

Looking west from Murrayfield Tram Stop

7.

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

Looking east from Murrayfield Tram Stop

8.

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

Looking east from Murrayfield Tram Stop

9.

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

Looking east from Murrayfield Tram Stop

10.

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

Looking east from Murrayfield Tram Stop

11.

Testing Edinburgh's new trams  -  Exercise Salvador  -  13 March 2014 ©

Looking East to the Flyover
to the west of
Edinburgh Park
Tram Stop

12.

 

Tram Testing at Night  -  December 2013

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