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Edinburgh Live
21 hours ago
- Edinburgh Live
Throwback picture shows famous Edinburgh street before trams in its '90s glory
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info A throwback picture of a main Edinburgh thoroughfare long before the trams has resurfaced online. Leith Walk is seen back in 1994, with cars parked on both sides of the street - and not a tram in sight. The vehicles, which were 'so new and cutting edge at the time', scream '90s. The older style of Lothian Bus is also seen. The picture, which appears to have been taken from around Dalmeny Street, shows a view up Leith Walk with the Leith and Restalrig Church towering over the street. Trams ran down Leith Walk for the first time in June 2023, and it's hard to imagine the street without them now. Works for the extension began back in 2019 - 15 years after this image was taken. Sign up for Edinburgh Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox Sharing the image online, Chris Young said: "A fine view of this wide avenue linking the city centre to 'the foot o' the walk'. "Today the Edinburgh tram line goes down the centre of the road, so much reduced road space for the general traffic, plus not much parking either." One individual responded: ""All those cars looked so new and cutting edge at the time., amazing how old they look now. Join Edinburgh Live's Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sentstraight to your messages. "Scary how time distorts everything." Another replied: "Seems like yesterday 1994! The days when you could still identify cars by their shape, not like today and they all look the same." A third commented: "I'd forgotten how congested it could be. It's nicer these days, especially in sunny days when there's folks sitting outside the bars and cafes."
Scotsman
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
All Edinburgh Marathon road closures and Lothian Bus diversions
Thousands of runners will take part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival next weekend - the second largest marathon in the UK outside of London. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... First held in 1982, the annual event has sold out every year for the last 17 years, with participants supporting a number of charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, Alzheimer Scotland, the British Heart Foundation and the MS Society. There are a number of races taking place over the weekend of May 24 and 25, with the full Edinburgh Marathon and half marathon getting underway on Sunday at Potterrow. The 10K and 5K races will take place on Saturday starting at Holyrood Park. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad There will be a series of road closures over the festival weekend and Lothian Buses has now announced a full list of bus services affected during the Edinburgh Marathon Festival. Runners make their way past the Parliament building Lothian Bus diversions More than 20 Lothian Bus services will be affected during the Edinburgh Marathon between Friday, May 23, and Sunday, May 25. Friday, May 23 The City Sightseeing bus will operate directly from Canongate to Abbeyhill (not serving Dynamic Earth) between 5pm on Friday until the end of service on Saturday, May 24. Saturday, May 24 Between 6am and 11am Services 2, 14 and 30 (Citybound) will be diverted via Peffermill Road, Cameron Toll Roundabout and Dalkeith Road. Services 2, 14, 30 and 33 (Southbound) Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Services 2 and 30 will be diverted via Newington Road, Minto Street, Mayfield Gardens, Craigmillar Park, Lady Road and Peffermill Road. Service 14 will be diverted via East Preston Street, Newington Road, Minto Street, Mayfield Gardens, Craigmillar Park and Lady Road. Service 33 will be diverted via Newington Road, Minto Street, Mayfield Gardens, Craigmillar Park, Lady Road and Old Dalkeith Road. The Edinburgh Marathon 2025 gets underway at 10am on Sunday, May 25 Between 5pm and the end of service City Sightseeing buses between Lothian Road and Nicolson Street, will operate via Lothian Road, Earl Grey Street, Brougham Street, Melville Drive, hope Park Crescent and South Clerk Street. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Edinburgh Tour buses running between Chambers Street and Charlotte Square will operate via George IV Bridge, The Mound, Hanover Street and George Street. Lothian Bus service 9 between George IV Bridge and Melville Drive will be diverted via Chambers Street, Surgeons' Hall, Nicolson Street, South Clerk Street and Hope Park Terrace in both directions. Between 5pm on Saturday, May 24 and 1pm on Sunday, May 25 Service 2 (heading towards The Jewel) will be diverted via Brougham Street, Melville Drive and Hope Park Terrace between East Fountainbridge and South Clerk Street. Service 2 (to Hermiston Gait) will be diverted via Hope Park Terrace, Melville Drive, Brougham Street, West Tollcross and Ponton Street between South Clerk Street and Semple Street, Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Service 47 will be diverted via Brougham Street, Melville Drive and Hope Park Terrace between East Fountainbridge and South Clerk Street in both directions. Service 23 will be diverted via George Street, Frederick Street, Princes Street, Lothian Road and Earl Grey Street between North Hanover Street and Home Street in both directions. Service 27 will be diverted via George Street, Frederick Street, Princes Street, Lothian Road and Earl Grey Street between North Hanover Street and Home Street in both directions. Service 12 will be diverted via Earl Grey Street, Brougham Street and Melville Drive between Usher Hall and Causewayside in both directions. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Service 35 will be diverted via Regent Road, Waterloo Place, Princes Street and Lothian Road between Easter Road and Fountainbridge in both directions. Service 45 will be diverted via Princes Street, Lothian Road and Earl Grey Street between Leith Street and Home Street in both directions. Rain-soaked runners embrace the challenge ahead Sunday 25th May Between 5am and 6.30pm Service 26 (in both directions) will not serve areas between Levenhall Roundabout and Seton Sands and be unable to stop on Pinkie Road during these hours. Customers can change to free Service 226 to Seton Sands at the top pans. Services 113 and 124 will be unable to serve Linkfield Road in both directions. Buses will also be unable to stop on Pinkie Road. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Service 44 will be unable to stop on Pinkie Road in both directions. Between start of service and 1pm City Sightseeing buses between the Grassmarket and Regent Road, will operate via Cowgate, Holyrood Road, Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road, Pleasance, West Richmond Street, Nicolson Street, South Bridge, North Bridge, Princes Street, St. Andrew Square, York Place, Antigua Street, London Road and Easter Road. Edinburgh Tour buses between South St. David Street and Grassmarket, will operate via Princes Street, North Bridge, South Bridge, Nicolson Street, West Richmond Street, Pleasance, Holyrood Road, Dynamic Earth, Holyrood Road and Cowgate. Regal Tour buses will operate directly between Easter Road and Regent Road and will not serve Holyrood Palace. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Service 9, between Hanover Street and Melville Drive, will be diverted via George Street, South St. David Street, Waverley, North Bridge, South Bridge, Nicolson Street, South Clerk Street and Hope Park Terrace in both directions. Between start of service and 6pm Service 124 (travelling in both directions) between Longniddry Station and Dirleton, will operate via Ballencrief and Drem. Customers can connect to the free service C124 at Dirleton for Gullane and Aberlady. Between start of service and 6.30pm Service 106 will be diverted via Salters Road, Wallyford (A6094) and the A1 in both directions between Queen Margaret University and Strawberry Corner. Between 6am and 11am The AIRLINK 100 service to the airport will depart from George Street - The Dome (Stop GM) and operate via George Street and Frederick Street. Waverley Bridge will be closed. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Between 6am and 12.30pm Service 19 will operate between Granton Square and Lochend Roundabout only. Service 25 will operate between Heriot-Watt University and Lochend Roundabout only. Service 21 will be diverted via Portobello Road, London Road, Marionville Road and Lochend Drive between Portobello Road and Restalrig Road in both directions. Service 49 will be diverted via Portobello Road, London Road, Marionville Road and Lochend Drive between Portobello Road and Restalrig Road in both directions. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Between 9am and 6.45pm Service 140 will be unable to serve Newbigging, Musselburgh High Street and Musselburgh Tesco. Buses will terminate at Musselburgh Grammar. Between 10.30am and 5.45pm Service 48 will be unable to serve Musselburgh High Street, Newbigging and Musselburgh Grammar. Buses will operate one-way loop in Musselburgh from Eskview Terrace via Mall Avenue, Bridge Street (Terminus), North High Street, Newhailes Road and Olive Bank Road. Edinburgh Marathon Festival 2025 road closures Between 5pm on Friday, May 23 to 6pm on Saturday, May 24 and between 6am and 12.30pm on Sunday, May 25 Holyrood Gait, Queen's Drive, Duke's Walk and Horse Wynd will be closed in their entirety. Between 6am and 11am on Saturday, May 24 Holyrood Park Road (from East Parkside to Duddingston Low Road), Duddingston Low Road (Both sides in its entirety), King's Haugh (in its entirety), King's Meadow (at its junction with Prestonfield Avenue), Prestonfield Avenue (from Peffermill Road to Clearburn Road), Priestfield Road (at its junction with Prestonfield Avenue), Prestonfield Terrace (at its junction with Prestonfield Avenue), Prestonfield Bank (at its junction with Prestonfield Avenue), Kilmaurs Terrace (at its junction with Dalkeith Road), Priestfield Road (at its junction with Dalkeith Road). Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Between 5pm on Saturday and 1pm on Sunday Potterrow, Lothian Street, Teviot Place, Charles Street, George Square Lane, Crichton Street and Marshall Street will be closed in their entirety. Between 5am and 11am on Sunday Chapel Street, Buccleuch Street, Bristo Place, Forrest Road and West Nicolson Street will be closed in their entirety. There will still be access to the north side of Nicolson Square and to the nearby carpark. Between 6am and 11am on Sunday Lauriston Place (between George Heriot's school and its junction with Forrest Road). George IV Bridge, Lawnmarket, Bank Street, North Bank Street, The Mound, Cockburn Street, Waverley Bridge, Market Street, Jeffrey Street will all be closed in their entirety. The Canongate and Abbey Strand will remain closed until 12pm on Sunday. Between 6am and 12.30pm on Sunday Meadowbank Terrace (in its entirety), Parsons Green Terrace and Wolseley Crescent (at London Road), Restalrig Road South, Restalrig Avenue, Craigentinny Avenue, Fillyside Road, King's Place. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Between 8.10am and 9.35am and again between 10.10am and 11.30am on Sunday Craigentinny Road (between Britwell Crescent and Christiemiller Avenue), Seafield Road (from Seafield Retail Park to Seafield Way). Between 5am and 1.30pm on Sunday A199 Edinburgh Road (between City of Edinburgh Council boundary to its junction with New Street), New Street, Promenade, Links View, Eskside West, Shorthope Street, Eskside East, James Street, Goosegreen Crescent, Balcarres Road. Millhill Car Park will be closed between 10pm on Saturday to 1.30pm on Sunday. Between 5am and 6.30pm on Sunday Millhill, Linkfield Road, Ravensheugh Road, Prestonpans High Street, Beulah, Linkfield Court, Windsor Gardens, Ashgrove, Pinkie Terrace, Edenhall Road, Park Lane, Rothesay Place, Grove Street, Macbeth Moir Road, Windsor Park Drive, Craighall Terrace, Hope Place, Hope Place, Mayville Bank, Ravensheugh Crescent, Managers Brae, King Street, Wanless Court, Ravensheugh Brae, Chuckers Row, Between 5am and 6pm on Sunday Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Edinburgh Road (Cockenzie B1348), Gosford Road, Cockenzie High Street, Elcho Place, Wemyss Place, Viewforth, Seton Place, Links Road (B1348), B1348 (Coast Road), Prestongrange Road, Inchview North, The Pottery, Redburn Road North, Cookies Wynd, Ormiston Place, West Seaside, East Seaside, Ayres Wynd, Harlaw Hill, Pypers Wynd, Robertson Avenue, Fowlers Court, Salt Preston Place, Sir Walter Scott Pend, Nethershot Road, Whin Park Industrial Estate, West Lorimer Place, West Harbour Road, East Lorimer Place Lane. The A198 (from the junction with B1348 to the access with Greencraig) will be closed between 5am and 3.30pm on Sunday. Between 5am and 2pm on Sunday Harbour Road, Bush Street, Caird's Row, Beach Lane, Links Avenue, Links Street, Gracefield Carpark, Downie Place, Ladywell, Eskdale Mews, Mountjoy Terrace/Court, Goose Green Road, Old Course Gate, Goose Green Court, Goose Green Avenue, Goose Green Place. Between 5am and 5pm on Sunday Park Road (at its junction with Gosford Road), Fishers Road (at its junction with Links Road), Barga Court, Marshall Street, South Doors, School Lane, New Street, Hares Close, Gardiner's Close, Kay Gardens, Manse Lane, Cope Lane, The Promenade (at its junction with Links Road), Barracks Street, Links Court, Castle Terrace, School Lane, Dean Road, Long Craigs, Dean Road, Lyars Road.
Daily Record
13-05-2025
- Daily Record
Bus driver killed by Edinburgh tram 'because horn was not loud enough'
Carlos Correa Palacio died in 2018 with the tragic incident highlighting long-standing safety concerns amid calls for urgent improvements to tram warning systems. A bus driver killed by a tram in Edinburgh might still be alive today if the vehicle's warning horn had been loud enough to rise above background noise, a Fatal Accident Inquiry has concluded. Carlos Correa Palacio died on September 11, 2018, after being struck by a tram while walking across a pedestrian crossing between the Balgreen and Saughton tram stops. The 53-year-old had just completed a shift with Lothian Buses and was using a designated "non-motorised user" crossing when the tragedy occurred at around 12.44pm. An inquiry held at Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard that although the tram's horn had been sounded three times in the lead-up to the collision, it was not loud enough to be clearly heard amid surrounding noise, reports Edinburgh Live. In a written judgement, Sheriff Douglas Keir said the outcome might have been different had the horn been more audible: 'Had the warning horn been sufficiently audible above the background noise and been used in the off-street area, it might realistically have alerted Mr Correa at the point of first sighting at 73 metres from the crossing. This would have allowed him sufficient time to react and step out of the path of the tram.' Concerns about the volume of warning devices on trams had been raised long before the fatal incident. Evidence presented at the inquiry revealed that as early as 2013, during the tram line's initial testing phase, there were reports of workers failing to move out of the way despite trams sounding their bells. Edinburgh Trams Limited (ETL) responded by comparing the tram horn to that of a Lothian Bus and, finding them to be similar, believed the issue to be resolved. However, post-accident testing revealed that the warning devices were still too quiet to be reliably heard at the distances required for an emergency stop. The horns and bells have since been replaced with louder versions. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. The inquiry also highlighted that there had been at least four other "near-miss" incidents on the same stretch of tram track before Mr Correa's death. In each case, pedestrians or cyclists crossed into the tram's path, forcing drivers to perform emergency stops to avoid a collision. In August 2023, Edinburgh Trams was fined £240,000 after admitting a breach of health and safety regulations in relation to Mr Correa's death. Sheriff Keir's determination also criticised the layout and design of the crossing, stating that more could have been done to alert pedestrians they were entering a high-risk area. A separate investigation by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) had already called for louder warning devices and improved sightlines at crossings like the one where Mr Correa was killed. Mr Correa, a father-of-three, was remembered during the inquiry as a hardworking man who had recently moved to Scotland to support his family. His tragic death has now prompted renewed calls for tram safety improvements in Edinburgh and beyond.
BBC News
25-04-2025
- BBC News
Missing murderer Raymond McCourt caught on Edinburgh bus
A convicted murderer who went on the run from an open prison in Dundee has been found in McCourt was arrested by plain clothes officers after being removed from a Lothian Bus in the city's London Road area on Friday had previously been seen on Duke Street in Glasgow on Tuesday after being reported missing from HMP Castle 59-year-old was jailed in 1993 after murdering shopkeeper Khalid Mahmood in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. An eyewitness told BBC Scotland news McCourt was "surrounded" by six officers when he was asked to step off the number five service close to the junction with Leith is thought he boarded the bus in the Abbeyhill area minutes saw him being searched by plan clothes and uniformed officers before the bus was allowed to move on. Police Scotland had warned the public not to approach alarm had been raised on Tuesday evening after he did not return to prison following a period of leave. McCourt was jailed for the shooting of Khalid Mahmood at the age of was released on licence in 2015, but was returned to prison after stealing valuables from his partner in Alyth, used the money to pay for a holiday to Blackpool before being tracked down by told officers he was struggling to cope with life outside prison and had stolen the items to have a blow-out prior to his return to was given a further 10-month sentence for that crime and returned to prison on his life term for murder. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X to get the latest alerts.
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Edinburgh police close busy road and buses diverted due to early morning incident
A busy Edinburgh road has been shut off by police due to an early morning incident. Old Dalkeith Road is closed from the Cameron Toll roundabout with a police sign and cones blocking the road. A number of Lothian Bus services have also been diverted on Friday morning, March 21. At around 4am Lothian issued a service change for the 24, 33, 38 and 49 due to a "road closure." READ MORE: Edinburgh passengers warned as railway fire causes 'significant damage' and line closed READ MORE: New Edinburgh gangland boss behind gun and fire attacks is 'Dubai-based crime lord' A message on the bus operator's website reads: "Due to a road closure buses are unable to serve Old Dalkeith Road and are instead diverted via Moredunvale Road, Craigour Drive, Craigour Avenue, Moredun Park Road and Gilmerton Road northbound until further notice." An eye witness who passed the scene shortly after 6am said there were no signs of police cars along the road as cars were trying to drive around the sign and continue on. They added: "I just drove past the roundabout and saw the blue police sign with flashing lights on top of it saying the road was closed. There doesn't seem to be any police around though. "I saw a taxi stop then just drive past and can only assume he was told to turn back as he came back a few minutes later." Join Edinburgh Live's Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages.
