Editing Edinburgh (section)

===Trams===
[[File:Edinburgh trams, Shandwick Place.JPG|thumb|Edinburgh Trams in Shandwick Place]]

[[Edinburgh Trams]] became operational on 31 May 2014. The city had been without a tram system since [[Edinburgh Corporation Tramways]] ceased on 16 November 1956.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wiseman |first=Richard Joseph Stewart |title=Edinburgh's Trams: The Last years |publisher=Stenlake Publishing |year=2005 |isbn=978-1-84033-343-5 |pages=2–3}}</ref> Following parliamentary approval in 2007, construction began in early 2008. The first stage of the project was expected to be completed by July 2011<ref name="operational">{{Cite news |date=25 October 2007 |title=Backing for capital tram system |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7060835.stm |access-date=19 February 2013}}</ref> but, following delays caused by extra utility work and a long-running contractual dispute between the council and the main contractor, [[Bilfinger SE]], the project was rescheduled.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 June 2009 |title=Train interchange delay threatens to push back tram project |url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Train-interchange-delay-threatens-to.5471930.jp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205222212/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Train-interchange-delay-threatens-to.5471930.jp |archive-date=5 December 2010 |access-date=25 January 2010 |website=[[The Scotsman]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 February 2014 |title=Tram testing set to increase |url=http://www.edinburghtrams.com/news/tram-testing-set-to-increase |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140802143010/http://edinburghtrams.com/news/tram-testing-set-to-increase |archive-date=2 August 2014 |access-date=21 July 2014 |publisher=Edinburgh Trams}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2014 |title=Edinburgh trams start date is May 31 – Edinburgh Evening News |url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-trams-start-date-is-may-31-1-3396537 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505080849/http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-trams-start-date-is-may-31-1-3396537 |archive-date=5 May 2014 |access-date=21 July 2014 |publisher=Edinburghnews.scotsman.com}}</ref> The line opened in 2014 but had been cut short to {{cvt|8.7|mi|km}} in length, running from [[Edinburgh Airport tram stop|Edinburgh Airport]] To [[York Place, Edinburgh|York Place]] in the east end of the city.

The line was later extended north onto [[Leith]] and [[Newhaven, Edinburgh|Newhaven]], opening a further eight stops to passengers in June 2023. The York Place stop was replaced by a new island stop at [[Greenside, Edinburgh|Picardy Place]]. The original plan would have seen a second line run from Haymarket through [[Ravelston]] and [[Craigleith, Edinburgh|Craigleith]] to [[Granton, Edinburgh|Granton Square]] on the [[Waterfront Edinburgh]]. This was shelved in 2011 but is now once again under consideration, as is another line potentially linking the south of the city and the [[Edinburgh BioQuarter|Bioquarter]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Swanson |first=Ian |date=16 June 2023 |title=Edinburgh trams latest: What's next for Edinburgh trams? Extension plans for Granton, Musselburgh and Dalkeith |work=Edinburgh Evening News |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-trams-latest-whats-next-for-edinburgh-trams-extension-plans-for-granton-musselburgh-and-dalkeith-4186044 }}</ref> There were also long-term plans for lines running west from the airport to [[Ratho]] and [[Newbridge, Edinburgh|Newbridge]] and another connecting [[Granton, Edinburgh|Granton]] to Newhaven via Lower Granton Road. Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams are both owned and operated by [[Transport for Edinburgh]].

Despite its modern transport links, in January 2021, Edinburgh was named the most congested city in the UK for the fourth year running, though it has since fallen to 7th place in 2022
<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brazell |first=Emma |date=10 January 2023 |title=Map reveals UK's most congested cities and it's getting worse than pre-Covid |work=Metro |url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/10/worlds-most-congested-cities-revealed-in-new-study-18069830/ }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19007009.edinburgh-named-congested-city-uk-fourth-year-running/ |title=Scottish city tops UK's congestion ratings for fourth year running |website=HeraldScotland|date=13 January 2021 }}</ref>