Edinburgh Trams Through Time

by Keith Anderson

Disruption, delays, travel chaos, fierce debate and financial woe have been regular newspaper headlines since Edinburgh announced plans to bring back trams. Edinburgh's first tramway network was a horse-drawn service from Haymarket to Bernard Street, opened in 1871. In January 1888, a cable system came into operation. With amalgamations with the electric Leith system and a takeover by Edinburgh Corporation, the trams were all electrified in 1923.In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445643626
• ISBN13: 9781445643625
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages