Edinburgh Trams has scooped two prestigious awards at an event celebrating the success of businesses across the city.

Shortlisted for five accolades at the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Business Awards, the tram took top honours in the High Growth and Excellence in Health and Safety categories.

Judges were impressed by the fact patronage has increased by 10% taking customer journeys to 5.6 million in 2016 while enjoying revenue growth of 12%.

Scotland’s Six Nations campaign continues with a home clash against Wales this Saturday (25 February), and fans can travel to the match with ease by using Edinburgh Trams.

The tram offers the best way to avoid congestion around the ground ahead of kick-off at 2.25pm, with frequent and direct services to the BT Murrayfield Stadium from locations such as Edinburgh Airport, the city centre and Ingliston Park & Ride.

The St John and the City public access defibrillator project is continuing to roll out life-saving devices across Edinburgh and will now see its defibrillators placed on every tram in the city.

The aim of the project is to place life saving devices at strategic sites - known as Hosts - across Edinburgh, taking into account the volume of people in the immediate vicinity.

We’re delighted to announce that Edinburgh Trams has been shortlisted in multiple categories at the 2017 Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce Business Awards.

The glittering award ceremony will take place at the Sheraton Grand Hotel and Spa on Monday 27 February and will celebrate the very best of business in our capital city. The shortlist includes representatives from a wide spectrum of sectors including retail, tourism, professional services and transport.

Out of a total 13 categories, Edinburgh trams are named in five:

As of Wednesday 1 February we are making it easier for customers who travel on trams with a mobility scooter to apply for a permit.

Customers wishing to register for a full permit can now email and post their application forms to Edinburgh Trams, or call our customer services team for help completing the form. We’ve also added 8 new locations where customers can complete that form in person or even obtain a temporary permit. Simply visit any of our Travelshops, Park & Ride kiosks or the Information Lounge at the airport tram stop.

Scotland’s Six Nations campaign gets underway on Saturday (February 4) with a home clash against Ireland, and fans travelling to the match are being urged to make the most of Edinburgh’s tram system for a hassle-free trip to the BT Murrayfield Stadium.

With frequent and direct services to the stadium from locations such as Edinburgh Airport, the city centre and Ingliston Park & Ride, the tram offers the best way to avoid congestion around the ground ahead of kick-off at 2.25pm.

Edinburgh’s tram system is continuing to perform ahead of expectations, new figures released today (23rd January) have revealed.

Half a million more passenger journeys were made on the hugely successful network last year, delivering year on year growth of 10%.

Local residents and visitors to Edinburgh will have the chance to ‘spot’ a newly-wrapped tram when it is bought into service this weekend.

Wrapped in eye-catching artwork to promote Edinburgh Trams’ new #Tramspotting campaign, it will display messaging encouraging people to ‘Choose The Tram’ for travel in the city.

Edinburgh Trams General Manager, Lea Harrison explained: “The wrapped tram will help promote the newly enhanced service pattern we introduced at the start of the year that now sees trams running from every 7 minutes throughout the day, including weekends.

Free trams, laid on to help people make the most of Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh city centre, proved a huge hit with revellers.

Between midnight and 5.00am, more than 5,000 residents and visitors took advantage of the travel offer, with extra trams brought into service to keep up with demand.

Edinburgh Trams General Manager, Lea Harrison explained:

"Throughout the early hours of New Year’s Day, many trams were at capacity with thousands of people using the West End stop.

Edinburgh’s tram network is boosting service frequencies from tomorrow (Wednesday 4 January) in response to growing demand from customers.

The operators carried out a recent successful trial when extra trams were introduced during peak periods.

General Manager, Lea Harrison said: “It is clear that our customers want more services, more often throughout the day so we’ll now be running an extra two trams each hour from Monday to Saturday and an additional three trams every hour on Sundays.”