Transport jobs cut in Edinburgh
The company formed to deliver transport projects for Edinburgh has announced 15 redundancies. Transport Initiatives Edinburgh, known as Tie, was set up by Edinburgh City Council to work on projects...
View ArticleRevolutionary ‘Wing In Ground’ plane revealed
Chinese scientists have reportedly developed a “Wing-In-Ground” (WIG) aircraft which can fly long distances just a few feet above the sea surface. The plane can fly as low as half a metre off the...
View ArticleHovercraft link to Edinburgh ‘terrific’
A new way of crossing the Firth of Forth between Fife and Edinburgh got off the ground yesterday when Scottish Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson officially launched the trial of Stagecoach’s...
View ArticleSummer road safety campaign
Police forces across Scotland have combined in a summer road safety campaign targeted on the ‘persistent miniority’ of motorists who think they can ignore the drink drive limit. Transport Minister...
View ArticleThousands use hovercraft service
More than 16,000 people used a new hovercraft service in the Forth estuary in its first week, operators have revealed. Commuter numbers also doubled after the introduction of a priority booking line on...
View ArticleMen at work… in the biggest roadworks ever
IT WILL involve looking out for unexploded bombs, potential archaeological traces and even the remains of Edinburgh’s former tramway. Up to 125 workers will start digging up the capital’s roads in...
View ArticleNational Express wins East Coast line
National Express secured an eight-year franchise yesterday to operate the East Coast railway network, defeating the incumbent operator GNER with a pledge to pay the Government £1.4bn over the term of...
View ArticleEdinburgh trams need you
Having survived a change of government (and transport policy) in Scotland, efforts to return trams to Edinburgh are now being ratcheted up as engineers and other specialists strive to meet the 2010...
View ArticleHistory of failure holds little hope for link
IN THE light of unconfirmed reports that Alex Salmond will back a new high-speed Glasgow-London rail link, more light is now focused on the Scottish Government’s “delivery” quango Transport Scotland...
View ArticleDesign watchdog slams tram plans
A SCOTTISH Government watchdog has slammed the design of the city’s tram line. The report by Architecture and Design Scotland (ADS) highlights potential “safety issues” from having tram stops in the...
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