LONDON (AP) — A state-of-the-art tram system carried its first paying passengers through Edinburgh Saturday — three years late and vastly over-budget.

The problem-plagued project took six years and cost 776 million pounds ($1.3 billion), twice the original estimate. It has been a longstanding headache for residents and transport chiefs in the Scottish capital.

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