We have another edition of “Stop by Stop Edinburgh Trams” as we come to some of the more picturesque areas of the tramway in Edinburgh Park.
The route of the tramway now needs to get back to the other side of the railway as the two go their separate ways and that involves a major piece of infrastructure as a viaduct takes up and over the railway as we turn to the right. As we do that there is plenty of undeveloped land still there, although one suspects that it probably won’t remain like that forever. We then start to descend back down and almost immediately we come to the stop at Edinburgh Park Central. We are now surrounded by the Edinburgh Park development with offices set in an attractive park-like area.
The stop features platforms on either side of the tracks once more. Each platform then has the usual shelters, seating, lighting, ticket machines, validators, information panels and next tram screens.
We go back to 1st July 2023 for this first photo as we see 253 (one of many to have received CR Smith adverts and one which at the type of writing still advertises the same firm, some seven years after first doing so) just departing from Edinburgh Park Central with a service to Newhaven. It will soon start to go up to the viaduct before swinging to the left on its way towards the city centre.
Then on 29th June 2025 we are back at the same stop as we feature 277 departing with a service for the Airport. The spectacular hills which surround the city make a lovely backdrop for this evening shot. Edinburgh Park Central on a warm summer’s evening is always a pleasant place to spend some time watching the trams go by. (Both Photographs by Gareth Prior)