BBC News
Roseburn Path: What is the row over a new Edinburgh tram line about?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j8ew04kd3o
On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 08:43:49 +0000
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> gabbled:
BBC News
Roseburn Path: What is the row over a new Edinburgh tram line about?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j8ew04kd3o
The usual cycling tossers who complain about any expansion of anything that may affect their precious cycling routes and "enviromentalists" who have nothing else to do with their time.
Though this being scotland it'll probably not happen for 10 years anyway if ever.
On 31/01/2026 09:48, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:
On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 08:43:49 +0000
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> gabbled:
BBC News
Roseburn Path: What is the row over a new Edinburgh tram line about?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j8ew04kd3o
The usual cycling tossers who complain about any expansion of anything that >> may affect their precious cycling routes and "enviromentalists" who have
nothing else to do with their time.
Though this being scotland it'll probably not happen for 10 years anyway if >> ever.
Following an incident when a cyclist brushed me as he cycled across the pavement I've renamed them as "two wheeled terrorists".
The problem today is individuals and organisations are now totally insular and intransigent and incapable of compromise.
Following an incident when a cyclist brushed me as he cycled across
the pavement I've renamed them as "two wheeled terrorists".
The problem today is individuals and organisations are now totally >>insular and intransigent and incapable of compromise.
Shurely 'renamed that cyclist as a "two-wheeled terrorist"' ?
On 31/01/2026 10:35, Coffee wrote:
On 31/01/2026 09:48, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:
On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 08:43:49 +0000
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> gabbled:
BBC News
Roseburn Path: What is the row over a new Edinburgh tram line about?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j8ew04kd3o
The usual cycling tossers who complain about any expansion of anything that >>> may affect their precious cycling routes and "enviromentalists" who have >>> nothing else to do with their time.
Though this being scotland it'll probably not happen for 10 years anyway if >>> ever.
Following an incident when a cyclist brushed me as he cycled across the
pavement I've renamed them as "two wheeled terrorists".
The problem today is individuals and organisations are now totally
insular and intransigent and incapable of compromise.
Shurely 'renamed that cyclist as a "two-wheeled terrorist"' ?
A friend was knocked off their bicycle by a vehicle cutting in too soon
to avoid a bollard, but I don't think they would classify ALL drivers as "*** *****".
Not least because they are also a very considerate driver themselves.
Are you not also a considerate cyclist? Or your children? Would you call them terrorists?
Now, what was that problem today ... ?
BBC News
Roseburn Path: What is the row over a new Edinburgh tram line about?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j8ew04kd3o
11 November 2025
Updated 12 November 2025
A former railway line which runs through Edinburgh is at the centre of a heated debate over whether it should return as a tram line.
The railway closed about 60 years ago but in the 1980s it was resurfaced
and named The Roseburn Path as a temporary corridor for cyclists and pedestrians.
...........
In message <b3d4adde-5dd6-4e08-afde-e1f6804e5187@exospan.com>, at
11:00:25 on Sat, 31 Jan 2026, Alan Jones <ajnews@exospan.com> remarked:
Following an incident when a cyclist brushed me as he cycled across >>>the pavement I've renamed them as "two wheeled terrorists".
The problem today is individuals and organisations are now totally >>>insular and intransigent and incapable of compromise.
Shurely 'renamed that cyclist as a "two-wheeled terrorist"' ?
Indeed. Although Cambridge is also infested with three-wheel terrorists,
or as they are known "cargo bikes", often with a small child as a human >shield in the front.
I've never understood parents who take their kids out in those contraptions or frankly strapped on the back of a normal bike either. In an accident a small child can be badly or even fatally hurt by forces that might only
wind an adult.
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:
BBC News
Roseburn Path: What is the row over a new Edinburgh tram line about?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j8ew04kd3o
11 November 2025
Updated 12 November 2025
A former railway line which runs through Edinburgh is at the centre of a
heated debate over whether it should return as a tram line.
The railway closed about 60 years ago but in the 1980s it was resurfaced
and named The Roseburn Path as a temporary corridor for cyclists and
pedestrians.
...........
We went over this a little while back. It?s all a bit messy. The Roseburn route makes most sense in that there?s a corridor that can be easily converted back to public transport, but it doesn?t go close to the major traffic generator on that side of town, the Western General Hospital. The alternative route via Orchard Brae would make more sense in that way, but
it would also have to cross the narrow, historic, possibly insufficient[1] Dean Bridge.
At the town end the Roseburn option would also link neatly (if there?s room for the junction) to the proposed tram-train route around the south
suburban loop[2]; the Orchard Brae option would link much more conveniently to the west end of Princes St.
There are major drawbacks to both options.
[1] <https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/cast-iron-lms-railway-bridge-diamond-279070496>
[2] ?Route for third Edinburgh tram line unveiled? <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx15xzk84xo> though I?m not sure why it?s become news again just now.
On 31/01/2026 11:54, Sam Wilson wrote:
JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:
BBC News
Roseburn Path: What is the row over a new Edinburgh tram line about?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j8ew04kd3o
11 November 2025
Updated 12 November 2025
A former railway line which runs through Edinburgh is at the centre of a >>> heated debate over whether it should return as a tram line.
The railway closed about 60 years ago but in the 1980s it was resurfaced >>> and named The Roseburn Path as a temporary corridor for cyclists and
pedestrians.
...........
We went over this a little while back. It?s all a bit messy. The Roseburn >> route makes most sense in that there?s a corridor that can be easily
converted back to public transport, but it doesn?t go close to the major
traffic generator on that side of town, the Western General Hospital. The >> alternative route via Orchard Brae would make more sense in that way, but
it would also have to cross the narrow, historic, possibly insufficient[1] >> Dean Bridge.
At the town end the Roseburn option would also link neatly (if there?s room >> for the junction) to the proposed tram-train route around the south
suburban loop[2]; the Orchard Brae option would link much more conveniently >> to the west end of Princes St.
There are major drawbacks to both options.
[1]
<https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/cast-iron-lms-railway-bridge-diamond-279070496>
[2] ?Route for third Edinburgh tram line unveiled?
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx15xzk84xo> though I?m not sure why >> it?s become news again just now.
Another major drawback to both options is that they cost over œ2 billion which the council does not have and no one else seems eager to donate.
On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:41:44 +0000
Roland Perry <roland@perry.uk> gabbled:
In message <b3d4adde-5dd6-4e08-afde-e1f6804e5187@exospan.com>, at
11:00:25 on Sat, 31 Jan 2026, Alan Jones <ajnews@exospan.com> remarked:
Following an incident when a cyclist brushed me as he cycled across >>>>the pavement I've renamed them as "two wheeled terrorists".
The problem today is individuals and organisations are now totally >>>>insular and intransigent and incapable of compromise.
Shurely 'renamed that cyclist as a "two-wheeled terrorist"' ?
Indeed. Although Cambridge is also infested with three-wheel terrorists, >>or as they are known "cargo bikes", often with a small child as a human >>shield in the front.
I've never understood parents who take their kids out in those contraptions >or frankly strapped on the back of a normal bike either. In an accident a >small child can be badly or even fatally hurt by forces that might only wind >an adult.
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