Here are some flybys of old Edinburgh railways mapped onto a modern map of Edinburgh
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More ambitious vision needed for Edinburgh to achieve modal shift
The ‘Keeping Edinburgh Moving’ report sets out a more ambitious vision for a public transport network in our city designed to deliver that vital modal shift away from car use.
CRAG’s response to consultation on “The Future of Waverley Station”, 26 April 2019
Our template is Hamburg Hauptbahnhof (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_Hauptbahnhof) – with all platforms being through running and with two major overbridges running across those running lines enabling passengers to access their desired platform in sequential order. These overbridges can also carry shops and other passenger facilities. The Calton tunnels should also be both re-doubled – they constitute an unacceptable bottleneck at the eastern approaches to the station and impose unaacceptable restrictions on train-service provision.
Scotland’s Railway (Control Period 6: 2019 – 2024)
On 26 March 2019 Transport Scotland published their plans for Scotland’s railway for the next 5 years – starting on 01 April 2019.
World’s Oldest Mountain Railway
A great place for lovers of steam and fine scenery. This steam train has been taking visitors up Mt. Rigi since 1871
Free up road space – take the bus!
Lothian Buses highlight the road space required by cars compared with a bus