In Pictures: More progress on the Trams to Newhaven project

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This is Constitution Street in Leith looking north from the Queen Charlotte Street junction. The Newhaven bound track is now being laid on the left while citybound there is nothing here at present. On the right we can see Leith Police Station – which was at one point the Town Hall – and the tower was the former St John’s East Church. There will be a tramstop – currently called The Shore on the plans – roughly located roughly beyond the white vans. Trams last ran here on 12th September 1956 and Constitution Street also saw the first horse tram route in Leith and Edinburgh in November 1871. (Photographs x2 by Roy Calderwood, 4th March 2021)

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