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Transport
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Consultation on providing a rail link to
Edinburgh Airport begins in November 2004. See the
Edinburgh Airport Rail Link web
site for further details
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The
Capital Rail Action Group web site gives details of a
petition submitted by that group on April 2, 2007 to the Scottish
Parliament, calling for the re-introduction of passenger services on the
Edinburgh South Suburban Railway
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This site by Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE) gives details and
timescales for Edinburgh's two proposed tram routes, due to be
built
for 2009. |
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This site by Dewi Williams, now living in Ontario, Canada, shows his
photos of transport around
Britain. These include a few photos of Edinburgh trams,
trains and buses, all photographed during a brief visit to
Edinburgh in
October 1950. |
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This site lists proposals for transport improvements in and around
Edinburgh, and how tit is proposed to fund these improvements,
including:
- funds from the Scottish
Executive
- funds from congestion charging, 2006-2026
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This
My
Bus Tracker web site predicts the times that Lothian Buses will arrive
at each of the bus stops on their routes in and around Edinburgh.
For the last couple of years, this information has been displayed on
illuminated signs at many of the bus stops, but it is now also available,
real time, on the internet.
Satellite navigation equipment, now installed on most Lothian Buses, is
used to predict the bus times.
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7. Sailings
to Inchcolm
There are now two companies sailing from Newhaven Harbour to the
island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth. Further details can be
found on their web sites:
Seafari Adventure Forth and
Maid of the Forth |
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This is one of four web
sites provided by the DotOneGroup. There are sites for England,
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, each providing photography and
information. The
Scottish
site, at June 2006, has links to over 150 web sites. They are
grouped under four
headings: General, Aircraft, Buses and Railways. |
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Iain McGeachy of Edinburgh has produced this web site
showing almost 250
ships,
most photographed in the Firth of Forth.
The ships include cruise liners, merchant ships, tugs, warships and
others.
Iain also collects model ships 1/1200 scale (1"=100').
His ship photographs site (above) has a link to his model ships web
site. |
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The
Traveline
web site provides impartial advice on planning a journey by bus, coach
or train, whether it be to Edinburgh or elsewhere in Britain.
The site includes a Journey Planner into which you key in
'from', 'to' and when you wish to travel. |
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This web site
gives news of the Waverley Route Heritage Association's plans in
connection with the proposed re-opening the a Heritage line on the
Waverley Route. The Association hopes to open a line from
Whitrope Summit to Keilder Forest with further extensions.
The web site that you are currently reading (EdinPhoto) includes a summary of press reports on the
proposed re-opening of the
Waverley Route between Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders. |
