Category Archives: Edinburgh Trams

Well that didn’t last long did it! After around a week advert free Edinburgh Trams 251 has once again succumbed with a new design for Edinburgh Live being applied.

As we reported at the end of last month, Edinburgh Trams 261 has received a new advert for Standard Life replacing its previous ad for C R Smith. First noted in mid-January this advert is of the usual Edinburgh Trams … Continue reading →

For the first time since July 2018 there is a tram running in Edinburgh advert free! The tram noted sans adverts is 251 which has become the third tram to lose its C R Smith adverts (these were the Cumbernauld … Continue reading →

A new cross party campaign – led by members of Unite the union and including councillors from the Conservative Party, Scottish Socialist Party, independents as well as local businesses – has been launched in Edinburgh to try and stop the … Continue reading →

In what is probably a modern day first for the UK Edinburgh Trams, in conjunction with Forth 1, are to run a Party Tram on Friday 18th January. Operating one return journey across the whole Edinburgh Trams line between York … Continue reading →

No sooner had we reported on a new advert in Manchester then Edinburgh follows suit with 262 losing its vinyls for C R Smith allowing a new advert for Macdonald Hotels & Resorts and the Paul Tamburrini restaurant (on either … Continue reading →

2018 was another record-breaking year for Edinburgh Trams with a 10% increase in passengers bringing the total number carried during those 12 months to 7.3 million. With no extension opening during the year this is an excellent increase for the … Continue reading →

It may be a few months before we find out for definite whether Edinburgh Trams’ extension along Leith Walk and on to Newhaven will get the go-ahead but the work to put into place support for businesses who may be … Continue reading →

In the lead up to Christmas 2018 Edinburgh Trams not only put some Christmas decorations up on their trams but also went to the effort of naming some of the trams after Santa’s reindeer! Trams seem to have received two … Continue reading →

Tram services on Edinburgh Trams between Edinburgh Park Station and the Airport were suspended for around three hours on Wednesday 19th December after a collision between a car and a tram close to Gyle Centre. The driver of the car … Continue reading →

We’ve previously featured 276 – or Rudolph as it prefers to be known at the moment – and its new Hogmanay and Christmas advert on these pages but only one side of the tram (the side which was all about … Continue reading →

Once again – for the third year in succession – all night free trams will run in Edinburgh to help move the crowds during the Hogmanay celebrations. The trams will in the early hours of the new year between midnight … Continue reading →

Edinburgh Trams are really going for it this Christmas with the antler vinyls being added to more trams – and more trams are also receiving reindeer names! As we revealed earlier this month 276 was used on the Gyle Santa … Continue reading →

There will be relief in Edinburgh following the news that the proposed strikes on the tram system – which hadn’t actually seen the official announcement of any specific dates – will not now go ahead after significant progress was made … Continue reading →

As we reported last week for the first time ever Santa Claus visited Edinburgh Trams with three Gyle Santa Express trips running on Monday 3rd December. Good passenger numbers were spotted on board the tram during these trips with 276 … Continue reading →

The City of Edinburgh Council are set to agree a change in maintenance arrangements for the Edinburgh Trams network which will see Edinburgh Trams Ltd take on all maintenance of the trams and infrastructure – a long planned change. Currently … Continue reading →

We are used to seeing Santa Specials on various heritage tramways but a much rarer event is that of a Santa Special on a normal operating tramway but for one day only this year Edinburgh Trams will be running a … Continue reading →

Possible strikes on Edinburgh Trams – which would likely take place in the lead up to Christmas and the Hogmanay period – have moved a step forward with members of the Unite union voting overwhelmingly in favour of action in … Continue reading →