Edinburgh Tram Chaos Today

[jshell]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-ea...

I was caught in it. Hours of fecking gridlock as the traffic flow and lights sequences are set to disrupt, confound and confuse motorists - and then completely fking breaks down when there's a slight glitch!

bds.

[Craigie]

Can anyone explain to me why this took a few hours to clear? Could the bus not just drive forward into side of road away from Tram?

Or Tram reverse back to let bus out?

[tvrgit]

Craigie said:

Can anyone explain to me why this took a few hours to clear? Could the bus not just drive forward into side of road away from Tram?

Or Tram reverse back to let bus out?

I was wondering this too - maybe because it's a "railway", any accident might mean that it can't be moved in case its running gear is damaged, and might damage the rails? I noticed they said it would be "uplifted" so it's obviously not as easy as exchanging details and driving off. I need to find out!

[Rick101]

I suspect with the vehicles being pubic transport various inspections needed to happen before anything could be moved.

[Klippie]

Doesn't surprise me something like this has happened Edinburgh is a nightmare for traffic.

[X7LDA]

The Tram was de-railed..

[Humper]

X7LDA said:

The Tram was de-railed..

Police Scotland said:

Police said no-one was injured and the tram was not derailed.

?

[gwm]

Looking for a cyclist as the cause of the crash now:

http://m.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport...

[Kiltie]

gwm said:

Looking for a cyclist as the cause of the crash now.

I'm sure many on PH will have expected nothing else.

Klippie said:

Doesn't surprise me something like this has happened Edinburgh is a nightmare for traffic.

I'm assuming you're talking from experience as a lady bus conductor.