June already looks to be the month which seems to just keep giving bad weather with Edinburgh Trams the second UK tram system to suffer disruption as a result of flooding. This time though the flooding has caused longer term disruption to services with Edinburgh Gateway tramstop flooded and no trams able to run between Edinburgh Park and the Airport.
Edinburgh received about a month’s rainfall on Tuesday 6th June with Edinburgh Gateway tramstop being flooded preventing trams from passing through the area. Since the depot access tracks were also flooded at this point it was impossible to get the trams into the depot at the end of operation on Tuesday with trams on the city side of Edinburgh Gateway tramstop having to be stabled overnight at tram stops along the route. This did enable a service to be run on Wednesday 7th June but trams were only able to run between York Place and Edinburgh Park Station tramstop. At the time of writing it is not known when a full service will resume as Edinburgh Trams are waiting to see what damage has been caused by the flood waters once they have subsided.
An official statement from Edinburgh Trams stated: “We have deployed an additional pump to support the drainage system however rainwater is still entering the area. We are working closely with Balfour Beatty, Network Rail and the City of Edinburgh Council to better understand the reason why the system become overwhelmed and find the most efficient solution.”
Still disrupted this morning ( Thu ) More heavy rain expected today.
With Robbie Williams concert at Murrayfield tomorrow (FRI) this could not have been
a worse time as another record day would be on the cards.
Full route restored.