The Edinburgh Debate
Scottish Parliament considers electric traction

 


 Links
 Scottish Electric Traction
 Promoting on-street electric transit in Scotland

 Scottish Electric Traction Briefing document (pdf)

 The Scotsman article
 Plan for city trolleybus comeback


 see also
Leeds gets the go ahead

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updated 11/7/07
eQdigital
The recent debate about the modal choice for Edinburgh's prestigious new transit scheme included consideration of the electric trolleybus as an alternative that could provide a network of three routes for the cost of one tram route.

But because of pre-existing work and expence, the Scottish Nationalist Party reversed it's previous stance and decided to abide by the Scottish Executive's wish to continue with the tram scheme

Much more about electric traction for Scotland's capital city can be found at the Scottish Electric Traction website



7/7/07
By Ashley Bruce, still backgrounds by David Sterratt and Simon Smiller.