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Gallery 462: Edinburgh Trams Opens - May 2014

On 31st May 2014 the moment we have been waiting for finally arrived - Edinburgh Trams opened to the public. It may have been late (very late) and the project may have been beset by problems but at last Scotland has welcomed trams back onto the streets of its capital city for the first time since 1956. 275 was the tram chosen to do the honours of the very first trip departing Gyle Centre at 0500 for Edinburgh City Centre with a very full load as the people of Edinburgh and further afield took the chance to enjoy the trams. This collection of photos actually starts off on the day before public services began - 30th May - as final testing was underway and then continues with extensive coverage from the first day and then we have further images from day two and also the following few days of operation. We have attempted to include these photos in chronological order but it isn't always easy as some of the clocks on the cameras are not showing the correct time! Please note that some of the captions are also rather brief as it is difficult to know where some of the photos were taken on a system I haven't yet had chance to visit and also the position of the numbers of the trams isn't very helpful!

Photographs in this collection were taken by Ian Buck, Jane Buck, Martin Hague, John Hampton, Bob Hodges, Steve Kemp, Alasdair Macfarlane & Neil Simpson.

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Waiting

Waiting	275	275	Haymarket
275	275	274 interior	274
273	York Place	275	259 & 266
Tram	267 cab	267	273
Tram	275	271	259
256	274	255	261
273 & 271	267	274	Trams
273	273	261	Edinburgh Airport
266	275	255	Gogar Staff Halt
261 & 266	267	259	263 & 267
260	266	Future extension	263
275	267 & 275	275	Tram
266	270	Tram	Seats
Saughton information case	Cars love trams	Ticket	Tram
275	Tram	Information display	Depot
Depot	Airport	Airport	Airport
Interior	260	252	269

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