Category Archives: Edinburgh Trams

More passengers took advantage of Edinburgh Trams and Lothian Buses services in 2025 with the trams having record patronage whilst for the buses they also saw an increase on the previous 12 months. In total over 130 million passenger journeys … Continue reading →

With Edinburgh being the centrepiece of Hogmanay celebrations with major events taking place in and around the iconic Princes Street, the trams in the city have to operate a revised service. Before the extension to Newhaven was opened this just … Continue reading →

Jeremy Balfour, an Independent MSP for Lothian, has come out fighting against the City of Edinburgh Council’s plans for a north-south tram line between Granton and the BioQuarter claiming it’s a vanity project and that any cash spent towards it … Continue reading →

With it being the season of giving, Edinburgh Trams are getting into the Christmas spirit by helping various charities. This has included Christmas Jumper Day and the Cash for Kids Mission Christmas where they have been collecting toys for the … Continue reading →

Edinburgh Trams will once again be running additional services for a major rugby match at Murrayfield Stadium with an enhanced service due to run on Saturday 27th December 2025 for the 1872 Cup match between Edinburgh Rugby and Glasgow Warriors.

Christmas is coming – and some of the trams in Edinburgh have grown antlers! This isn’t the first time that in the lead up to Christmas that the trams in the Scottish capital have seen antlers stuck on them but … Continue reading →

Edinburgh Trams have extended their commitment towards getting people to rugby matches at The Hive (the smaller stadium next to Murrayfield in the city) as a Community Impact Partner for Edinburgh Rugby throughout the 2025/26 season.

The 12-week consultation into plans to extend the Edinburgh Trams from Granton to the Bioquarter via the city centre has now closed. The responses will now be analysed before the results are presented to the Transport and Environment Committee in … Continue reading →

It was first reported following the release of Lord Hardie’s report into the first phase of Edinburgh Trams that the City of Edinburgh Council were considering legal action against the lawyers who had advised them during the project. And now … Continue reading →

Sunday 23rd November saw the last round of matches in the Quilter Nations Series (formerly known as the Autumn Internationals) with Scotland finishing things off with a comfortable victory against Tonga (56-0). The match once again took place at Murrayfield … Continue reading →

Say what you like about adverts in Edinburgh (and we know there are lots of you who are not keen on them!) but companies obviously think it works as a medium to get their products out there to the public, … Continue reading →

Whilst its not as long-term as many other examples across tramways in the UK, Edinburgh Trams 262 has now returned to service after a six month absence. And in doing so it has a new look with its previous wrap … Continue reading →

Edinburgh Trams saw a minor derailment occur at Edinburgh Airport on Sunday 16th November 2025, meaning that only platform 2 was available for use until the tram could be re-railed the following day.