Date: 31/05/2014

Edinburgh^s tram service has taken its first paying customers as the long-awaited route from the airport to the city centre opens to the public.
The first tram services set off at 05:00 BST from the Gyle Centre in the west of the city.
It follows six years of disruption and problems, including a bitter dispute between the council and its contractor.
The Edinburgh tram route cost £776m and covers 8.7 miles (14km) from the New Town to Edinburgh Airport.
In the decade since the first money was allocated to the project, the price has doubled, the network has halved and it has taken twice as long to build as originally planned.

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Edinburgh's tram service takes its first paying customers as the long-awaited route from the airport to the city centre opens.

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Almost a view from an Edinburgh tram approaching the airport on the morning of 8 March 2013, following a press trip from Ingliston Park and Ride see image [[42290]].
Location: Edinburgh Airport [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
08/03/2013 John Furnevel

List of Edinburgh's tram routes from the official transport map for 1937. Note the colour-coded lights carried in hours of darkness. Filling in the gaps, three more routes, 22, 26 and 28 joined the system before it started winding down in 1950 for closure in 1956.
Location: Plates, signs, notices etc
Company: Edinburgh City Corporation Electric Tramways
//1937 David Panton

Tram 266 takes the curve from Princes Street into South St Andrew Street on 6 April.
Location: Princes Street [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
05/04/2014 Bill Roberton

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