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Tag: Edinburgh trams

Edinburgh council spends £160,000 on “ludicrous” tram shop

EDINBURGH council is spending £160,000 opening a "ludicrous" tram shop – in premises closed down as a result of the disastrous project. Sweet shop Sugacane...

Trams could be finished five months early

A SCOTTISH city’s disastrous tram project could be completed five months early according to council chiefs. Edinburgh transport convener, Gordon Mackenzie, has said tram works...

Silence of the Trams: official documents completely censored

TRANSPORT chiefs were today accused of “breathtaking” secrecy over Edinburgh’s trams project after documents released under transparency laws were almost completely censored. Officials from Transport...

Shoppers avoid city centre marred by tram work

SHOPPERS are avoiding some of Scotland’s busiest shopping streets because of renewed tram work. The average weekly number of visitors to Edinburgh has slumped by...

£5 million payout to trams firm pension fund

TRAMS bosses are to spend another £5 million pounds providing pensions to the controversial firm that originally managed the project. Edinburgh City Council will have...

Council to spend thousands shipping surplus trams to Scotland

COUNCIL bosses are to spend £110,000 on shipping a fleet of trams they no longer need from Spain to Edinburgh. And the ten redundant trams...

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