{"id":62662,"date":"2026-04-16T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62662"},"modified":"2026-04-15T19:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:40:25","slug":"edinburgh-trams-prepare-for-womens-6-nations-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62662","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh Trams prepare for Women\u2019s 6 Nations matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 18<sup>th<\/sup> April will see a historic day for Scottish women\u2019s rugby as for the first time they will be playing a 6 Nations match at the main Murrayfield Stadium when they take on world champions England. And as is always the case when there are major events at the stadium the best way to get there will be by tram!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Edinburgh Trams will be running additional services both before and after the game \u2013 which kicks off at 1330 \u2013 and with the most tickets ever sold for a women\u2019s sporting event in Scotland its set to be another busy day for the city and the trams.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland will be playing a second home match later in the tournament when they play France on Saturday 9<sup>th<\/sup> May. That will be at the smaller stadium located next to Murrayfield, called The Hive, but is still expected to attract a large crowd.<\/p>\n<p>The England match has been publicised on <strong>277<\/strong> since October 2025, showing once again the collaboration between Scottish Rugby and Edinburgh Trams.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_62663\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/277-rc.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62663\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62663\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/277-rc-550x544.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/277-rc-550x544.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/277-rc-768x759.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/277-rc.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-62663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">277 in its wrap for Scottish Rugby is seen on Ocean Drive with a service to Newhaven. (Photograph by Roy Calderwood, 31st March 2026)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 18th April will see a historic day for Scottish women\u2019s rugby as for the first time they will be playing a 6 Nations match at the main Murrayfield Stadium when they take on world champions England. And as is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=62662\">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\/62662"}],"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=62662"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62664,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62662\/revisions\/62664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}