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Aug24
Edinburgh Airport tram-rail interchange on display
Network Rail has arranged exhibitions of plans for the tram-rail interchange at Gyle, west of Edinburgh.
The two-level interchange will allow rail passengers to transfer to tram to access the airport.
Two exhibitions have already been held, and another is planned for Waverley Station. Details can be found on the Network Rail website
Original plans were for a heavy rail line direct to the airport, which lies between two main line railways - those between Edinburgh and Glasgow and Edinburgh and Fife. A series of junctions would have connected a new station under the airport with almost everywhere in Scotland. Sadly, these planes were abandoned by the incoming SNP Government on cost grounds: rail passengers will now have to travel to the new Gogar station (close to the Gyle shopping centre) and change to the tram.
This, of course, will not be nearly as popular among air passengers: adding an additional interchange adds additional uncertainty and potential unreliability.
The tram line is to open in July 2011.
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