Tram at Stenhouse Terminus

Category

Library Item

Item no

29084

Title

Tram at Stenhouse Terminus

Description

Photo shows tram on last day of operation from Stenhouse Terminus.

Artist / maker

Doig, Ronald P.

Date

1953

Size

15.9 x 20.7 cm

Type

Photograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

By the 1950's Edinburgh had 28 tram routes, all of which ran along or touched Princes Street, and 4 depots, and the system worked well until new housing areas appeared beyond the tram routes in1950, when bus services began for those areas. In the same year, it was proposed that 25% of the system be scrapped in favour of buses and there began a gradual withdrawal of routes.

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Homes > Residential buildings > Houses

Places > Edinburgh areas > Stenhouse

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Transport > Infrastructure > Streets

Transport > Infrastructure > Tramlines

Transport > Land > Trams

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