Edinburgh Trams is turning five at the end of May, and the city’s tramway is celebrating by launching a charity children’s book featuring Tilly the Tram and her friends as they go on an adventure around the capital.

The book titled “Tilly the Tram’s Noisy Birthday” was written and illustrated by the staff of Edinburgh Trams, and printed locally in Scotland by Advanced Images. £3 from each purchase will be donated to their charity of the year, The Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity.  Aimed at the under-five, the book invites readers to join the capers of Tilly the Tram a

For a fourth year running Edinburgh Trams will be partnering up with Pedal for Scotland supporting cyclists as they participate in either the Classic Challenge from Glasgow to Edinburgh or the Big Belter from Glasgow to Edinburgh and back again.  For those looking for a slightly more leisurely challenge there is the 10 mile ‘Wee Jaunt’ taking place in Edinburgh.

The event which, taking place on the 8 September is organised by Cycling Scotland and attracts over 10,000 riders, and the tram offers many of them a great way to get to and from the Event Village, just a sh

Today Edinburgh Trams announced that their Charity of the Year for 2019/20 will be the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity. 

The city’s tramway, which will celebrate their 5th birthday at the end of May have previously supported charities such as the Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home and the MS Therapy Centre Lothian with a total of £12,500 raised supporting local causes.

Lea Harrison, Managing Director of Edinburgh Trams said:

Looking for some inspiration for activities this Easter, well look no further.  We’ve complied our top 5 family fun things to do in Edinburgh, and even better, you can take the tram to join in on all the action – easy!

Easter Puppet Show at Edinburgh Castle

There’s already so many reasons to visit Edinburgh Castle, but this Easter, Alba puppets has just given us another one.

Employees of the city’s tramway raised the money for MS Therapy Centre Lothian during a series of fundraising events, with the total topped up by donations from kind-hearted customers during the city’s sporting and music events.

Tom Neil, Finance Manager at Edinburgh Trams, explained:

“We’ve always supported a wide range of good causes, but over the last two years we decided to focus our fundraising activity around one local charity.

Over 30,000 tickets have now been sold for the match, which will see Edinburgh Rugby take on two-times champions Munster at BT Murrayfield on Saturday 30 March (kick-off 12.45pm).

With record crowds expected, we’ll be running additional services from every three minutes to keep up with demand.

With frequent and direct services to the stadium from locations such as Edinburgh Airport, the city centre and Ingliston Park & Ride, the tram offers supporters the best way to avoid congestion around the ground, and expensive parking, which will also be in short supply.

Edinburgh Trams was successful for a third year at the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Business Awards which took place yesterday evening celebrating the success of businesses across the city.

The City’s tramway scooped the award for High Business Growth demonstrating a strong development plan and a clear strategy for future growth.

Lea Harrison, Edinburgh Trams Managing Director, commented: 

“We’re delighted at this high-profile recognition from our peers in the business community.”

Working with I Am Me Scotland the tramway have agreed to provide free advertising on their trams vehicles as well as familiarising their staff on their Keep Safe contact cards.

The Keep Safe cards are available to all members of the community and details information about communication requirements, health concerns and who to contact in an emergency.  Anyone needing assistance can enter a Keep Safe place and show their card.  Staff members will be able to assist or call the named contact person on the card.

The Guinness Six Nations 2019 Championship will be the 20th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

The championship will be contested by France, England, Italy, Scotland, Wales and defending champions Ireland.

Round One gets underway on 1 February and BT Murrayfield is playing host to three fixtures:

Scotland v Italy

Edinburgh Trams has teamed up with Forth 1 this January to banish the post-Christmas blues.

This Friday afternoon (18 January) – for the first time ever – Boogie, Arlene and Producer Marty from the hugely popular Boogie in the Morning number 1 breakfast show will be hosting a special, one off party on one of Edinburgh’s trams.

To celebrate, the presenters will be handing out a variety of goodies including two chances to get your hands on a six-month, unlimited tram travel card.