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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2012 0:54:31 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 7, 2012 1:04:08 GMT
couldn't agree more.
Andy
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 7, 2012 11:32:16 GMT
This would be why I rarely venture into the centre of Edinburgh these days.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 7, 2012 11:36:17 GMT
Utter farce.
Political vanity project, much like the new parliament building. It would seem every few years we get a new one I wonder what's next? The Edinburgh International Space Port?
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2012 12:32:06 GMT
It's all about the urge to see trams on Princess St, due to a much-repeated political delusion that it is "one of the world's premier shopping destinations." No it isn't, it's a dirty hovel. Locals go to the shopping centres, tourists go to the Royal Mile. The flagship store is a Primark!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 7, 2012 16:37:04 GMT
Oh good grief. So the whole of the city-centre is going to be disrupted for a pointless piece of engineering which will do nothing to improve the transport infrastructure even when it is completed. Good grief.
The next thing was going to be the mag-lev connection to Glasgow that they were talking about a couple of years ago (direct non-stop connection between Edinburgh and Glasgow which was supposed to improve journey times for everyone in the central belt. How traveling to Edinburgh to go to Glasgow instead of just going straight to Glasgow was supposed to improve my journey times.... ). That was knocked on the head but I'm sure that they will come up with some other terrible white-elephant scheme.
Karl
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Post by kayevcee on Jan 7, 2012 18:33:35 GMT
A device that can launch Glaswegian rugby fans at Murrayfield like a railgun is a better idea than tearing up a massive chunk of Edinburgh for years in order to get people from the shops to... somewhere a couple of miles from the shops along the same route that about 16 regular buses already take.
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2012 18:35:19 GMT
Couldn't put it better myself.
-Ralph
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Post by Nigel on Jan 10, 2012 18:02:50 GMT
I guess the point of the tram is that so tourists can point out of the window and say, "ooh, I want to go in that shop" then walk halfway back down the street to it once the tram stops.
Or for cheeky guides to tell gullible visitors that it was originally intended as a way of giving the castle's soldiers a moving target for practice.
A non-stop Glasgow-Edinburgh link? Well, that seems jolly useful for the people of Stirling and Falkirk. I think I'll request something similar between Swansea and Cardiff.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 10, 2012 18:21:51 GMT
A Scottish space port has indeed been suggested.
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Post by Nigel on Jan 10, 2012 20:07:50 GMT
I believe the proposed caber-based launch system proved unfeasible.
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Post by legios on Jan 10, 2012 20:13:21 GMT
I believe the proposed caber-based launch system proved unfeasible. It kept tossing them clear out of the park so we had to change contractors and there really wasn't anyone who could match the McCullen bid for some reason... Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 10, 2012 22:17:58 GMT
A Scottish space port has indeed been suggested. This is actually true. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2012 17:20:22 GMT
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Post by legios on Jan 22, 2012 19:32:52 GMT
Good grief! This pit really does have no bottom does it?
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2012 19:44:05 GMT
No, it really doesn't. And remember, the current 'build one half of one line' plan isn't even destined to conclude until 'summer 2014!'.
There will one day be a very good comic movie made of this.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 23, 2012 8:29:27 GMT
I would not pay money to view it. Besides the tram will go past no cinemas so how would we get there to see it??
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Post by legios on Jan 23, 2012 13:19:13 GMT
There will one day be a very good comic movie made of this. -Ralph Yes, yes there will. Probably not for a good many years though, until the current anger and annoyance gets a chance to go off the boil. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 23, 2012 15:17:46 GMT
Carry on follow the Tram?
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 23, 2012 19:09:59 GMT
Oh I have no love for the tram farce, especially as it eats away at public funds. If only such determination was shown towards preserving, maintaining and improving public services.
But looking at it from a certain perspective, it's a gift to writers.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 23, 2012 20:04:50 GMT
The amount of money that they have spent on the ever shrinking tram-line could have supported a huge array of now-vanished and valuable services. The whole boondoggle has now passed into the massive white elephant zone. I doubt that you would need more than one hand to count the number of people who can honestly say they still want the thing.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 9, 2012 21:02:38 GMT
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Post by Benn on Mar 9, 2012 22:06:35 GMT
Ah, the Edinburgh Tram... It's the comedy gift that keeps on giving.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 10, 2012 0:50:48 GMT
How much of a complete waste this has been.
Andy
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Post by legios on Mar 10, 2012 22:56:35 GMT
As someone who wakes up on their train to see the works related to the Incredible Shrinking Tram Service five mornings a week.... I am just going to put my head in my hands and let out a lament for the sheer waste of time, money and other resources that this project has consumed for a gain that it entirely illusory frankly.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 25, 2012 18:25:42 GMT
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Post by legios on Jun 25, 2012 20:17:55 GMT
Yep, there was a certain amount of stunned incomprehension in my office when folk found out about this today. The whole thing has just taken on proportions far beyond farce. Even Sir Humphrey would have his mind-boggled by this. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 25, 2012 21:07:53 GMT
It's the gift that keeps on giving.....
And just in time for the Festival Invasion too
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 25, 2012 22:29:47 GMT
It's utter madness.
Andy
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jun 25, 2012 22:35:48 GMT
And just in time for the Festival Invasion too That would be why they have reopened Princess Street. York Place is a bit behind where most Festival things are. Still, Haymarket is still shut off at the other end of town. And someone decided now was a good time to do Bridge works on all the routes that could be used as diversions from there. Wahooo! Edinburgh!! |
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