Very optimistically, one of the almost-mythical, lesser-spotted Trams has parked itself in Princes Street in Edinburgh.I say optimistically, since there aren't any tram tracks which join onto Princes Street yet, and the chances of there being any depend on which quadrant of the sky the moon is in.
So I went along yesterday to have a look. It's quite spacious, although given the number of standing passengers they're going to allow onto it that's probably a good thing. The seats are the same leather ones as on the airport buses.
Here's a weary commuter trying them out:
This is what the driving cab looks like, for all you train geeks out there:
But wait, what's that red warning light on the dashboard? Eek!
And talking of optimism, I also spotted this road sign in Princes Street. It refers to a road which has no tram tracks laid:
2 comments:
Every time ah see this tram, ah jist want tae weep. Nuthin' tae dae wi' the look o' it, nuthin' tae dae wi' how comfy it'd be.
It's just that, if the tramworks ever start up again, then they're gaun tae come doon Leith Walk again, an' ah dinnae ken if ah can put up wi' havin' ma street look like a buildin' site for another year. Again.
As much as I think the trams will be wonderful when they (finally) do appear, I've given up trying to defend the indefensible with the track-laying works.
As I said to a friend recently, my mind keeps going back to that (sadly deleted) Downfall-parody video that has Hitler screaming the line: "£500 million to replace the Number 22 bus!"
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