The Trams Ran Today

[murraymints]

The Edinburgh trams were tested today at last...waste of money nobody wants them...

[vodkancoke]

I hate these flippin' trams! We have a main station being built just round the corner. They started building it about 2 years ago and goodness knows when it will be finished! It's been a farce from the start and was not needed. The Edinburgh bus-system is one of the best. Edinburgh Sh1tty Council needs a swift kick up the behind and a punch in the face!

[2sp_]

I don't live in Edinburgh, I just don't like the amount of money that was spent when it could have gone towards benefiting the rest of Scotland more by upgrading and fixing our roads.

[Iluvspikey]

lovely to see you back Murray!!

[murraymints]

No probe even.it will be a white elephant for it is only a single line and we have a very good bus network already that is well used, this line will not serve any useful purpose at all

[murraymints]

Hi spikey x

[Barmaid]

I have no love for trams having nearly been cleaned up by a tram in Manchester. At a crossroads, I was horrified to see a fekkin train bearing down on me - I'd never seen one before I nearly crapped myself.

[heathfield]

The trouble with tramways is that they freeze the transport system routes for years to come. Take Dundee. The original tramway system was laid out to take people from high-density tenement housing areas to their workplaces in the many jute mills scattered throughout the city, and, to the centre of the city (for shopping and entertainment). After WWII, the tenement population were moved into big new housing estates on the city's outskirts. Result? The tramway system became redundant. It had to be scrapped and was replaced by buses.

[boxtops]

Not the same, but we were in Malta the weekend they introduced the bendy buses (and took away the lovely old painted buses). Disaster - they must have done the test runs in the night when nobody was around - the new buses couldn't negotiate parked cars, or winding little streets.... it'll be interesting to see if they are still there when we go back this year.

[boxtops]

Oh dear - I'll look out for them then, methyl!

[tiggerblue10]

When they introduced the trams in Croydon everyone was so negative about it. 15 years later people can't function without them. They provide a quick route to Wimbledon, Beckenham, New Addington and many more places. I wish there was one going from Thornton Heath to Croydon but I have to faff about on buses.