{"id":55357,"date":"2024-09-22T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55357"},"modified":"2024-09-21T18:56:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T17:56:45","slug":"tramtastic-awards-given-to-edinburgh-trams-staff-who-helped-to-entertain-passengers-during-taylor-swift-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55357","title":{"rendered":"Tramtastic awards given to Edinburgh Trams staff who helped to entertain passengers during Taylor Swift concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two members of the Edinburgh Trams team have been recognised internally with \u201cYou are Tramtastic\u201d awards in recognition of their efforts to help entertain passengers during the Taylor Swift concerts earlier this summer at Murrayfield Stadium. Driver Jade Holden and Ticketing Services Assistant Tony Wallace have been praised by colleagues after going the extra mile to get everyone into the spirit of the occasion.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>They both donned pink cowboy hats and encouraged Taylor Swift fans to join in impromptu renditions of the star\u2019s hits. Footage of Tony dancing to \u201cShake it Off\u201d even went viral on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C76ACDnIEgM\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C76ACDnIEgM\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sue Bucher, Head of HR at Edinburgh Trams, said: \u201cTo dance in front of thousands of dedicated Swifties took plenty of courage, but his efforts certainly proved a hit with customers and on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was also brave of both Tony and Jade to agree to be featured so heavily on X, Facebook. Instagram and especially Tiktok which, helped us reach new audiences whilst boosting our following across the popular platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the reward for being nominated they will both receive \u00a3250 as well as a certificate.<\/p>\n<p>Sue added: \u201c These valued members of the team offer a shining example of the passion of everyone at Edinburgh Trams when it comes to providing the best possible service to customers and a warm welcome to the millions of people who visit our city every year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two members of the Edinburgh Trams team have been recognised internally with \u201cYou are Tramtastic\u201d awards in recognition of their efforts to help entertain passengers during the Taylor Swift concerts earlier this summer at Murrayfield Stadium. Driver Jade Holden and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=55357\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55357"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55358,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55357\/revisions\/55358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}