Do Edinburgh Trams make a profit?

As a result, there has been significant growth in those choosing Edinburgh Trams to travel to and from airport, with these journeys increasing by 56 per cent between 2015 and 2018. It came as no surprise that Edinburgh Trams recorded a profit two years earlier than predicted, and in 2017 profits were £1.6 million.



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The report was finally published in August 2023. The report concluded that failings by the City of Edinburgh Council and its arms-length companies were to blame for the delays. Much of the criticism was directed against Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE), the company that was initially in charge of the project.

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The complete line cost £1.043bn – nearly double the original estimate. Hardie said that bill would climb once debt interest payments were included, with the council facing debt repayment costs worth 1% of its total budget each year for 30 years.

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In answer to your question, the Scottish Government contributed £500 million to the cost of the Edinburgh Tram project through Transport Scotland agency.

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However, the demise of the streetcar came when lines were torn out of the major cities by bus manufacturing or oil marketing companies for the specific purpose of replacing rail service with buses. In many cases, postwar buses were cited as providing a smoother ride and a faster journey than the older, pre-war trams.

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Trams were seen to impede on the freedom of private car owners in the city: the authorities believed that removing the tramways and replacing them with buses would allow for easier transport in and around Glasgow.

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The advent of personal motor vehicles and the improvements in motorized buses caused the rapid disappearance of the tram from most western and Asian countries by the end of the 1950s (for example the first major UK city to completely abandon its trams was Manchester by January 1949).

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The last Edinburgh tram ran on 16 November 1956.

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How to travel for free. Before getting on a tram, place your valid Scottish National Entitlement Card on the platform validator. If your card has a +1 entitlement and a companion is travelling with you, you must select this by pressing the relevant button on the ticket validation machine.

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But the trams had become a political football (in Leeds it was Labour that did for them, in Liverpool it was the Conservatives). They were unwanted clutter from the past at a time when operating costs of public transport networks were rising and meeting housing targets was the big priority for investment.

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How much do train and tram drivers in Edinburgh get paid? Train or tram driver salaries can range between £13.46-34.38 per hour in the Edinburgh area. This data is based on quiz results from 16 employees who live in and around Edinburgh.

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