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BUS STOPS TAPSALTEIRIE

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The two bus stops on Drummond Place are for the convenience of passengers using the Service 9 and Service 13 routes.

 

Signage on the northbound stop (for customers en route to Muirhouse and Restalrig) confusingly clarifies that  buses here are headed ‘To City’. 

 

Signage on the southbound stop (for those travelling towards King’s Buildings and Craigleith) misleadingly makes clear that buses here are coming ‘From City’. 

 

RED WHEEL FOR POWDERHALL STABLES

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A commemorative Red Wheel was officially unveiled today at the western gable end of Powderhall Stables on Broughton Road.

 

On a sparkling February afternoon, local notables, enthusiasts and press gathered to mark the spot as a place of special importance in transport history.

 

EDINBURGH'S PROBLEM

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TRAFFIC DANGERS.

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THE MAN IN THE STREET

   The importance of educating the pedestrian, as well as the drivers of vehicles, was stressed by Chief-Constable Roderick Ross in an address on “Traffic Problems in the City,” which he delivered to the Edinburgh Architectural Association in the Council Rooms of the Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, last night. Mr F. C. Mears presided.