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Continental trams for Edinburgh?
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• A bring-back-the trams solution to Edinburgh's traffic and public transport problems was put forward last week by the Scottish Association of Public Transport.
In a report setting out alternative proposals to the Buchanan recommendations on Edinburgh's future roads pattern, they have come out in favour of single-deck Continental-type trams with supporting bus services.
The Association said the proposed light rapid transit (LRT) system would operate on 47 miles of track, made up of ten miles of tram priority streets, 15 miles of existing railway line and 17 miles open road.
The estimated cost of introducing the system would be £47m, of which £35m would be spent on establishing the track, which would include overhead electric wires. There would be 90 to 100 halts on the route, and each tram would have a capacity of from 70 to 100 passengers.
If the scheme was approved by 1974 the Association believed LRT services could be operating as early as 1978 and would be completed in seven years. Mr Hart said they believed their scheme was "economically considerably more attractive" than the Buchanan recommendations.
The Buchanan proposals would cost £150m to £.160m taking into account operating costs and inflation, while they estimated their scheme would cost £100m to establish and operate.