| Comment | The Edinburgh trams are fine. They're turning a profit and the extension to Leith has been delivered within the predicted timescale. Within budget too.
The initial project in the early 2010s was an uninitiated disaster, that much is true. Mismanagement on an incredible scale.
But this seems to have led to a widespread and mistaken belief in Scotland that trams are somehow a tainted or foolish idea from the get go. It's not really the case. Edinburgh will be all the better for having it's 2 or 3 interconnected tram lines by the end of the decade.
There are opportunities for Glasgow to do something similar. Trams could help plug gaps in our existing rail network, and they delivery much much more bang for your buck than alternatives like a subway extension possibly could. |
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