Recent content by waverley47

Honestly I could do the feasibility study for that in five minutes by just copying and pasting a a message I've written about half a dozen times on here before. It's not feasible for anything like the money Edinburgh council have to spend, and it's not solving any problem that couldn't be...

Let's work through this logically. Current operation They currently run 5 return trips a day. The trains have on average, an hour layover in Waverley, in the east end bay platforms. The actual duration ranges from 50 minutes (19:11 until 19:58) to 75 minutes (10:10 until 11:25) None of...

Might be a bit of a long watch, but there are cab ride videos on YouTube that might also be a benefit to you. This one is from ten years ago, but not much will have changed I suspect. I'd also direct you to look at the Lairg oil sidings, but I don't know when they were last used. Perhaps...

Thanks for the reply, I had no idea the 44 still went that far. Ultimately though, with any public transport network, there are winners and losers. Ratho loses out by geography, as does Whitecraig. We are fortunate to have an excellent public transport network over here though, especially...

We both know that route change was a decade ago now. At 1300 or so people, Ratho is directly comparable to Whitecraigs in the east of the city, which also doesn't have a direct bus into the city centre, but is just ten minutes drive away from somewhere with a big car park and lots of direct...

Yes, but it's not exactly a conspiracy. Trams are more efficient at moving more people, faster. As has been pointed out, they require people to walk further at each end, however the average overall journey time for every passenger on the route decreases. This is because trams stop less, get...

The fact that other similar cities can and have built underground systems has no bearing on whether or not an underground system in Edinburgh is practical or affordable I'm afraid. Please see the following post about why the sub is unworkable.

The last couple of posts have suggested the High Street as a valid alternative, but it really isn't. High Street is pedestrianised, and the council want to keep it that way. It's the flagship of the World Heritage Site, and it's where most tourists want to take their photos. And most...

Signalling and interlocking, new points, wiring, at least a week closure, piling, land take and the platform itself. It's not as simple a job as a two platform cut and paste on plain line, and these costs quickly add up. But yes, £24m sounds about £8m higher than what it should realistically cost.

Eh it's not exactly that simple. Capacity is limited by the single track sections. The capacity is perfectly fine for 2tph in each direction. Any speeding up of journey times will also need to confirm to the same infrastructure, and the same single track sections. If you could speed up the...

They are probably the heaviest multiple unit on the network in terms of axle loading. Downward forces on the track increase exponentially with weight and speed, so unless the track formation, every underbridge, and in some cases the track itself can handle it, it's not worth the money spent on...

I genuinely don't think you could upset many more people in Edinburgh than with the suggestion of building elevated trams. Ultimately, the teams are a good thing for capacity and getting people out of cars. However Edinburgh will always be stuck in that uncomfortable middle ground where the...

The bioquarter is actually the area around the Royal Infirmary, at Little France There's the big hospital, as well as an ever growing amalgamation of biotech and biomedical firms in the new offices springing up, basically as an equivalent of the area south of Cambridge currently recieving a new...

The station is needed asap. Unfortunately timetabling is still an issue. This is half true. There were plans for both a station on the chord (poorly positioned for the town) however the most widely accepted position now is just north of the tunnel, underneath the new road bridge. That means...

The previous route for the coal trains was either from Leith Docks/Blindwells, around the Edinburgh Sub and across the bridge, or from Hunterston, via most of central Scotland, and the Winchburgh Chord. The increase of services on the Falkirk High and Stirling routes meant that it was no longer...