This article returns to Edinburgh as we see some more of the work recently completed on the Trams to Newhaven project. This time out we are featuring the tramstop at Balfour Street – which will be the third new stop on the line from Edinburgh City Centre.
The lengthy Leith Walk will actually only have two stops located on it, one of which will be at Balfour Street. It will also be the first stop on the new line which is located in the former Burgh of Leith as the line goes north. The tramstop is within the London Road to Crown Street worksite for which work is expected to be mainly completed in July 2022. Work still to be completed in this section includes carriage and footway works, equipment installation to support the new tram line such as tram communication systems, tram stop fit outs and the installation of overhead line equipment, street lighting, landscaping and traffic signalling. Originally due to be completed in the generic Summer 2022, the last update gave a firmer date of July 2022.