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Edinburgh chops back tram line but affordability doubts remain

15 October 2010
There are fears that the Edinburgh municipally-owned bus services will suffer as profits are used to bail out the tram
There are fears that the Edinburgh municipally-owned bus services will suffer as profits are used to bail out the tram

 

Councillors in Edinburgh this week approved plans to truncate the city’s first tram line  because building the whole route is unaffordable. But there are fears that even the truncated route will cost more than the £600m the council says it can afford. 

The tram line was supposed to link Edinburgh Airport with Newhaven via the city centre.  But councillors this week approved a plan to initially build only the section between the airport and St Andrew’s Square in...

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