Category Archives: Edinburgh Trams

Edinburgh Trams have their fingers crossed for success at the forthcoming Global Light Rail Awards as they are up for two awards – including the Rising Star category as well as Significant Safety Initiative Award.

Edinburgh Trams and Edinburgh Napier University have joined together to improve internet access for students, researchers and staff on board all trams with a trial of international service eduroam now underway. This service will allow anyone with access to eduroam … Continue reading →

In this latest article featuring construction works on the Trams to Newhaven project in Edinburgh, we head to Ocean Terminal to look at recent progress. This has included work on the stop plus trackworks as main works start to come … Continue reading →

Edinburgh Trams have confirmed that they will be running a special all night service overnight on Monday 12th/Tuesday 13th September to allow those who wish to do so to pay their respects to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

As swift and thorough investigations go the Edinburgh Trams Inquiry has been more the latter than the former and now its been reported that the costs incurred have reached the same levels as the Iraq War Inquiry – leading to … Continue reading →

Back to Edinburgh as we continue to keep abreast of the latest developments in the construction of the Trams to Newhaven extension, due to open in spring 2023. In this update we take a look at the tramstop at Picardy … Continue reading →

We head off to Edinburgh once more as we take a look at some more of the progress being made on the Trams to Newhaven extension – due to open in spring 2023. Although the project has been delayed by … Continue reading →

When there was a change in administration on the City of Edinburgh Council earlier this year as Labour became the controlling party you could have been forgiven if you thought that was the end of proposed tram extension in the … Continue reading →

Edinburgh Trams 257 has quickly moved on from its Edinburgh Napier University advert as after just a month it has now received a contract for Leonardo, a aerospace and defence and security systems manufacturer.

A historic clock dating from 1857 has been returned to Leith Walk following 15 years of storage and an extensive restoration. The clock was removed back in 2007 during construction works for the original tram project and with works on … Continue reading →

Last time Spotify advertised on Edinburgh Trams they took out a contract on two trams – and they’ve done exactly the same again! In addition to 260, as reported last week, 263 is also carrying identical adverts.

Edinburgh Trams services will not be affected by strikes after the proposed action was called off following the agreement of a new pay deal. Reported to be between 6.5% and 11% members of the Unite union accepted the deal by … Continue reading →

Edinburgh Trams will be running extra trams to help get people back from a series of concerts at the Royal Highland Centre over the next couple of weeks. This is in addition to the late night trams for the Edinburgh … Continue reading →

Its all the little milestones in construction that will combine to one big milestone when its all finished and the latest to report is the erection of the first tramstop shelter on the Trams to Newhaven project. The shelter is … Continue reading →

Tramway and cruise ship anyone? Showing what may be possible when trams start to run (hopefully in less than a years time!) this latest article heading onto the Trams to Newhaven extension in Edinburgh shows some more construction progress close … Continue reading →

Spotify have returned to advertising on Edinburgh Trams with 260 received external vinyls for the audio streaming service. The new advert comes around three years since they last advertised on the network when 262 and 267 both carried identical ads.

Over the past month or so we’ve heard lots from the Trams to Newhaven project with the programme of completion revised and then an unnamed source criticising the project and saying it wouldn’t manage to hit its deadline and now … Continue reading →