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Waterloo Place
All photographs of this location in date order.
![The remnants of Edinburgh's cable-car system in Waterloo Place, looking east on 17 November 2009. Notice the central slotted rail within which the cable ran. Edinburgh's first cable hauled 'tramcar' ran in 1888 with the system operating for 35 years until eventually being converted to electric traction (which had been employed by Leith Corporation to operate its trams since 1905). [See image 26669]<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/11/2009]](/images/26000/26668.jpg "Waterloo Place")
![Just along from the east end of Princes Street in Waterloo Place stands a set of traffic lights, seen here looking south across the busy road on 17 November 2009. I often wonder how many of those who cross here every day notice the cobbled rectangle, or, of those who do, how many put it down to some hangover from ancient road repairs...? It is in fact a memento of Edinburgh's original 'tram' system, or, to be more accurate, its cable-cars. [See image 26668]<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/11/2009]](/images/26000/26669.jpg "Waterloo Place")
![Opened in 1819 as the Waterloo Hotel, the building at 23 Waterloo Place was promoted as Edinburgh's 'first large scale hotel' with the strapline <I>'...an establishment where strangers can see the manners of the people and mix with the society of the place'</I>. The location was later to become, for many years, the Headquarters of the North British Railway Company. Now a category A listed building it has since reverted to its original use, this time under the name Apex Hotel, seen here on 14 April 2015. The Dugald Stewart Monument stands on Calton Hill in the right background.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/04/2015]](/images/51000/51013.jpg "Waterloo Place")
![Looking west along Edinburgh's Waterloo Place towards Princes Street on 24 March 2017. The imposing building on the right is the Apex Hotel, one time headquarters of the North British Railway Company. The Calton Road entrance to Waverley Station can still be seen from the far end of the building [see image 52386].<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/03/2017]](/images/62000/62621.jpg "Waterloo Place")
