Braids Tram Shelter
The first tram shelter was provided here in 1899, and was replaced by the present wooden structure in the 1930s.
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Opposite 19 Pentland Terrace, Braid Hill, Edinburgh
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The first tram shelter was provided here in 1899, and was replaced by the present wooden structure in the 1930s, serving the Park and the Braid Hills Hotel. For many years terminus of the nos 13 and 14 tram Granton Circle routes. Line extended in 1935 from Braids south to Fairmilehead.
The post-war demise of Edinburgh Corporation’s tram network proceeded rapidly from 1952. Braids became once again a terminus on conversion of the no 16 route to buses on 12 September 1956. The final day of the trams fell on 16 November 1956, by which time the no 28 from Braids to Stanley Road was one of the city’s last two routes. That evening, a procession of ten tramcars including a specially decorated vehicle and one carrying councillors (who had ignored pleas for the Suez Crisis to prompt a reprieve) made its way from The Braids to Shrubhill Depot, taking in much of the original 1871 route.
Restored by painter and decorator J C Lindsay 2016 to mark the 60th anniversary of withdrawal. A lectern explains the historical context, and a plaque commemorates the restoration.
Overlooking the Braidburn Valley Park, between Comiston and Fairmilehead on the A702. Lothian Buses nos 11 and 16 call nearby.
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“Edinburgh’s Transport” by DLG Hunter published by The Advertiser Press 1964