Late night trams for Edinburgh Festival

Extra tram services will run on Edinburgh Trams for the majority of August to aid passengers travelling back from events including the Festival and Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. The special timetable started operation on 5th August and will be in use until 29th August with Saturdays seeing a new 0035 departure from York Place to Edinburgh Airport.

In effect the new temporary timetable adds one extra full service on a Saturday only with the remainder of the week seeing trams from the city centre which normally terminate at Gyle Centre to return to depot extended through to Edinburgh Airport.

The last departures from York Place throughout this period on Mondays to Fridays will now be at 2308, 2318 and 2328 with the latter of these two being specially extended to Edinburgh Airport. On Saturdays an extra service departs York Place at 0035 arriving at Ingliston Park and Ride at 0110. On Sundays the final three departures from York Place are at 2258, 2313 and 2328 and again all of these will now run to the Airport.

George Lowder, Chief Executive of Transport for Edinburgh, said: “The success of Edinburgh’s Festivals is important to the economic growth and prosperity of Edinburgh and Scotland’s tourism market. With so many additional visitors coming to the capital in August, we are keen to help passengers travel safely around the city by offering a late night timetable that suits their plans. This service will be a great addition to the city’s Festival programme and we expect thousands of locals and tourists to make use of the additional trams to travel to and from venues.”

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