Passengers will pay more to use Edinburgh Airport tram
22.02.09
Passengers using Edinburgh's new trams will be forced to pay a premium fare to travel to Edinburgh Airport, the Scotsman reports. The news comes despite previous statements that tram fares would be the same as bus tickets in the capital.
Airport passengers were expected to be one of the main users of the tram, and the first phase of the city's ‘network’ will only consist of one line, linking it with the city centre and Leith. However, the newspaper reports that although all weekly, monthly and annual ‘ridacard’ passes issued by Lothian Buses – the capital's main bus operator – will be valid on the tram, passengers heading to the airport and using trams will have to stump up an extra fare.
Single fares on Lothian Buses services are £1.20, but it costs £3.50 to use any of the premium shuttle bus services to the airport. The Scotsman says that the move means anyone boarding a tram on Princes Street or Leith and heading to the airport will have to buy a premium-rate ticket or risk a fine.
A spokesman for Lothian Buses told the newspaper: ‘Journeys to and from the airport will be treated the same as the current 'Airlink' services from the city centre.’
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