Look, we're making tracks at last in the capital's tram saga

2009-06-09 News.Scotsman.com

TRAM tracks returned to Princes Street yesterday after a gap of 53 years in the first tangible sign that the capital's new transport network is at last on its way.

Edinburgh tram project is finally back on track

2009-06-09 The Herald_uk

The controversial tram system planned for Scotland's capital city is officially back on track, it was announced yesterday. Sections of track have arrived in Edinburgh's Princes Street where they will be laid later this month after the project faltered earlier this year.

Edinburgh tram tracks arrive in Princes Street

2009-06-08 Transport Xtra

Meera Rambissoon The first sections of track for the Edinburgh tram project arrived today on site in Princes Street. The tracks were transported from the storage area in Leith to the Princes Street site where preparations are underway for them to be laid later this month.

Princes Street Tram Works Offer Festival Exciting Opportunities

2009-06-03 EdinburghGuide.com

A series of measures designed to minimise the impact of the extensive tram works on Princes Street on this year's Edinburgh Festival has been announced by the Edinburgh Tram Project.

Trams pick up the pace as Princes Street tracks arrive

2009-06-01 News.Scotsman.com

THE first set of tracks for Edinburgh's Ł545 million tram project is expected to be delivered to Princes Street within days. After a series of setbacks elsewhere on the 11-mile route, it will be the first visible sign of progress which tram bosses hope will help win over the doubters.

The last thing a developer wants is for those unknown monuments to turn up in the middle of construction

2009-05-29 Business 7

Scott Mcculloch TIM Holden does most of his digging in his back garden these days but he still loves to get his hands dirty examining new archaeological finds.

Tram company boss says project will be late and over budget

2009-05-20 Stv.tv

New chief executive says that tram plan will not be ready as originally planned and will not be within budget.

Life-size replica of Edinburgh tram finds new home in Leith

2009-04-27 Sociolingo's Africa - Blog

By Oliver Farrimond A LIFE-SIZE replica of Edinburghs controversial tram system was lowered into place in the Capitals busy Leith Walk area yesterday.

New chief exec for Edinburgh Tram Project

2009-04-01 Cnplus.co.uk

The Edinburgh Tram Project has appointed a new chief executive for Transport Initiatives Edinburgh, the arms-length company of the City of Edinburgh Council, which is project managing Edinburghs tram construction.

New tram boss announced for city

2009-04-01 BBC News UK

The new chief executive of Edinburgh's tram project has been appointed just months after the previous boss resigned from the post for family reasons. Richard Jeffrey, former managing director of Edinburgh Airport, will take up the job in May.

Edinburgh Tram Project Appoints New Chief Executive

2009-04-01 The institute of transport management

01/04/09 The Edinburgh Tram Project today announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive for tie Limited, the arms-length company of the City of Edinburgh Council, which is project managing Edinburghs tram construction.

Edinburgh tram back on track

2009-03-23 LocalGov.co.uk

The first sections of track will be laid in Edinburghs Princes Street on Wednesday, following the resolution to a four-week dispute over costs between Edinburgh City Council and its contractor.

Tram work 'only one week behind'

2009-03-23 BBC News Southern Counties

Work to lay tram tracks in Princes Street is only a week behind schedule despite a four-week dispute which halted work, according to Tie.

Resolution over tram project

2009-03-20 Wakefield Express

A resolution has been reached in the Edinburgh tram dispute that saw work on the Ł500 million project temporarily halted, council chiefs said. Track laying work will begin on Princes Street next week following negotiations between Edinburgh City Council, Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (tie Limited) and...

Agreement reached in tram talks

2009-03-20 BBC

A resolution has been reached in the Edinburgh tram dispute, which has seen track laying on the capital's main thoroughfare halted for four weeks.

Hammond confirms his backing for trams project

2009-03-17 The Scotsman

FORTH Ports' chief executive, Charles Hammond, threw his weight behind Edinburgh Council's bid to resolve the dispute that threatens to delay the capital's trams project.

Tram chiefs have six days to end Princes Street stalemate

2009-03-13 Evening News

TRAM bosses have just six days to break the stalemate with their contractors or face having their cash wrangle settled by an independent panel of industry experts.

Tram line design months late as budget slips Ł10m off track

2009-03-10 Evening News

THE cost of designing Edinburgh's tram line is more than Ł10 million over budget and months behind schedule, the Evening News has learned. Despite two years of work on the Ł512m line, transport chiefs have still not finalised the final design of the airport to Newhaven route.

Mock tram gets visitors on board

2009-03-03 BBC News Hampshire

More than 22,000 visitors jumped on board a life-sized mock-up of an Edinburgh Tram in its first week on display in the city's Princes Street.

Tram mock-up 'is one of Scotland's top attractions'

2009-03-03 News.Scotsman.com

A LIFE-SIZED tram model has been described as "one of Scotland's busiest visitor attractions" by Edinburgh city council after 22,000 people climbed aboard in its first week.