Category Archives: Edinburgh Trams

The latest bit of publicity from Edinburgh Trams has seen a dinosaur travel on a tram as it makes its way from the Airport to the city centre. Of course, its not a real dinosaur which decided to take the … Continue reading →

Over the years we’ve become used to old tram track being uncovered in various roadworks across the country, still in their original position having just had concrete poured over them once the tramway had been abandoned but some recent tram … Continue reading →

Often the Hogmanay tram in Edinburgh can carry on for quite some time into the following year but not so in 2020! 264 has already lost its special Hogmanay vinyls and is the latest tram to have “joined the pact” … Continue reading →

The latest tram company to announce revised (increased!) fares for 2020 is Edinburgh Trams with their new fares structure due to start on 2nd February. This will be the first increase in fares since 2018 and will not affect those … Continue reading →

More of the originally planned Edinburgh Trams could be built in the future if “radical new plans” are approved by the Council. The Draft City Mobility Plan (CMP) has just been released which could see the tram extended to Granton … Continue reading →

It may still be a long time before we see trams running up Leith Walk and to Newhaven but November 2019 saw the start of the first phase of works on the Edinburgh Trams extension with the first signs of … Continue reading →

Edinburgh Trams may now have been running in the Scottish capital for five and a half years and now the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service recently visited Gogar Depot to put the theory of lifting a tram into practice. Although … Continue reading →

Management at Edinburgh Trams obviously can’t wait for Christmas to end as the antlers applied to a few trams in the lead up were soon removed after 25th December! At least 260, 262 and 269 all received the antlers in … Continue reading →

As has become the norm when there is a major event taking place close to Princes Street in Edinburgh, the tram service from the Airport was only able to run to West End from early evening on Monday 30th December … Continue reading →

Edinburgh Trams received a pre-Christmas present after learning they had become the very first UK light rail operator to achieve ServiceMark accreditation. This is awarded by the Institute of Customer Service based on customer satisfaction feedback and is an assessment … Continue reading →

It may be very nearly Christmas but that hasn’t stopped a new advert livery being applied on Edinburgh Trams with 260 losing its previous C R Smith advert (the from Glasgow to Peterhead version) in favour of a new design … Continue reading →

It is now over a month since the first stage of construction works on the Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven project started and the project team have released an update on what has been going on, showing that public relations is … Continue reading →

There was disruption on Edinburgh Trams for around four hours on Wednesday 11th December after high winds caused a pipe to become loose on a building in South Saint Andrew Street. The pipe was precariously close to the overhead wires … Continue reading →

They were the first to unveil reindeer names this year and now Edinburgh Trams have confirmed that just like on the West Midlands Metro there is a competition if you spot any of the reindeer running in service! All you … Continue reading →

Its taken a while but Edinburgh Trams finally have an advert for Hogmanay with 264 the tram chosen for this livery this year. Whilst in the past this has been a joint advert for Christmas and Hogmanay this time around … Continue reading →

We’ve already seen that Edinburgh Trams 269 has received vinyl antlers and has been named Cupid for Christmas but its not the only “tram” to go all festive as the mock-up at Edinburgh Airport – still in use as the … Continue reading →

Another livery change in Edinburgh to report with another advertising contract coming to an end seeing a tram return to fleet livery (at least for now anyway). The tram this time is 262 which has lost its advertising vinyls for … Continue reading →