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Granton Tram
Unknown, 1938, Photograph
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Granton Tram
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31461
Title
Granton Tram
Description
The tram is at the junction of York Place, Picardy Place and Broughton Street.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1938
Size
14.4 x 22.6 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The tram is photographed at the junction with Picardy Place, on the boundary of the St James area which has changed greatly over the years and where many of the buildings no longer exist. Visit the
National Library of Scotland's maps
online to see the streets which were remodeled.
The first horse drawn tramcars, operated by the Edinburgh Street Tramways Co. Ltd, appeared in the Royal Burgh of Edinburgh on 6th November 1871 and ran from Haymarket to Bernard Street in Leith, via Princes Street.
By the 1950's Edinburgh was served by 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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