PaulLothian
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Useful update in the online Scotsman at http://www.scotsman.com/news/transp...-weeks-as-tram-project-gathers-pace-1-2446679
It's a shame that the Edinburgh Trams website is not half as forthcoming about progress!
I particularly liked the following:
Is there any grain of truth in the last sentence? If I had bought trams with soft wheels, I'd be sending them back!
RORY REYNOLDS said:Princes Street power lines to be installed in weeks as tram project gathers pace
OVERHEAD lines are to be installed in Princes Street within eight weeks, as new images suggest the tram route is finally beginning to take shape.
Contractors will begin to install one of the final pieces of that stretch when power lines are fitted in October.
Although the line will need to be linked with Shandwick Place in the east and St Andrew Square in the west, road and track works representing the bulk of the work on Princes Street are now largely complete.
Track laying is also underway at St Andrew Square, one of the main stops on the route, with overhead line installation and electrification works planned from October.
Construction work on some of the 11 bridges needed to connect parts of the route in the west of Edinburgh is also under way, with the laying of the main beams at the South Gyle Access and Water of Leith crossings scheduled for completion by Monday morning.
New aerial images taken of Edinburgh Airport also show work coming together.... (more)
It's a shame that the Edinburgh Trams website is not half as forthcoming about progress!
I particularly liked the following:
RORY REYNOLDS said:Despite the apparent progress, the project has come under fire in recent weeks after the Evening News revealed that drivers are having to continually run the 18 vehicles around the test track at Gogar to prevent them seizing up.
The remaining nine vehicles will arrive by the end of this year and also need to be run around the 500-metre track. The action is intended to prevent the wheels from flattening should they stand still too long.'
Is there any grain of truth in the last sentence? If I had bought trams with soft wheels, I'd be sending them back!
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