{"id":16256,"date":"2017-01-04T18:28:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T18:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=16256"},"modified":"2017-01-04T18:28:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T18:28:29","slug":"edinburgh-trams-introduce-new-timetable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=16256","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Trams introduce new timetable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trams in Edinburgh are now running more frequently following the introduction of a new timetable on Wednesday 4th January. Previously a trial timetable had been introduced which saw increased frequencies at peak times but extra trams are now being run throughout the day, every day of the week.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The new timetable will see an extra two trams an hour on Mondays to Saturdays between 0700 (0800 on Saturday) and 1900 and an extra three an hour on Sundays (0800 to 1900). Trams will be running up to every seven minutes during these times with the frequency before and after this time being every 10 minutes. A quick calculation suggests that 12 trams will be required to operate this frequency.<\/p>\n<p>Lea Harrison, General Manager of Edinburgh Trams, said: \u201cIt is clear that our customers want more services, more often throughout the day so we\u2019ll now be running an extra two trams each hour from Monday to Saturday and an additional three trams every hour on Sundays. The trial went extremely well and certainly supported customer feedback which suggested people wanted to see even better frequencies. Our customer satisfaction ratings are exceptionally high and we want to keep them that way so we\u2019ll always look to make improvements where we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16257\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=16257\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16257\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16257\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16257\" title=\"1.265-rc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.265-rc-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.265-rc-550x412.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.265-rc-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/1.265-rc.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">265 crosses South Gyle Broadway \u2013 and about to enter Gyle Centre stop - en route to the Airport.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_16258\" style=\"width: 422px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=16258\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16258\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16258\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16258\" title=\"2.poster-rc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.poster-rc-412x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.poster-rc-412x550.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.poster-rc-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2.poster-rc.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Posters are up at stops to publicise the new timetable. (Both Photographs by Ray Calderwood)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trams in Edinburgh are now running more frequently following the introduction of a new timetable on Wednesday 4th January. 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