Guide Dogs Scotland’s new recruits were today, 3 May, on a familiarisation visit to Edinburgh Airport by Edinburgh Trams today, as a part of training exercise for the puppies.
The puppies and their handlers boarded the Edinburgh Tram at the Gyle Centre, then walked from the Edinburgh Airport Tram station through the Plaza area and into the airport before going through security before boarding a Jet2.com airplane.
Following a successful four week trial, the Haymarket Transport for Edinburgh Travelshop will extend it’s early opening for a further four weeks.
The trial, which started on 21 March, will now run throughout the rest of April and on until 16 May with the Travelshop open 0800-1800 Monday to Friday and 0900 – 1730 on Saturdays.
This also means you have another FOUR weeks to enter our ‘selfie’ competition with the WIN a year’s Ridacard.
Edinburgh Trams is donating unclaimed lost property left behind on trams to Cancer Research UK.
The partnership will see hundreds of items donated the to charity every month.
Lost property is kept at the Transport for Edinburgh Travelshop in Hanover Street for four weeks before space means they need to be found a new home.
Ranging from the obvious such as gloves and glasses, to obscure such as pets, passports and cuddly ponies the company is delighted to be able to recycle these items and donate them to such a good cause.
Tram passengers will soon be able to benefit from the convenience of buying a return ticket for city-zone journeys, helping to reduce queues and waiting times at platforms. Customers will also have the option of paying by card, as the cost of a return is above the minimum card payment threshold.
Available from 10 April, the new return ticket will be priced the same as two single tickets and valid only on same-day tram services within the city area. A separate ticket is required for return journeys in the Airport zone.
Jumped off a train but need to top up your ridacard?
Need to change from a tram to a bus but don’t know which one to take?
Arrived in Edinburgh and need to buy a citysmart card to get around?
The Transport for Edinburgh Haymarket Travelshop will be opening early to help you with all of these and more.
From Monday 21 March, for a 4 week trial, the Travelshop will open at 0800 to help you organise your travel before your day begins.
How do you pay for your tram and bus travel?
Do you currently pay by cash, have an advance purchase or monthy direct debit RIDACARD?
The online Ridacard calculator can help you work out if the way you currently pay for your travel is the best for your pocket.
Simply answer the 3 questions, remembering to include any NightBus journeys you take and the calculation is done for you.
Try it for yourself and see how much you can save.
Edinburgh Trams are to open their doors to ScotRail passengers affected by severe rail disruption from Monday 18 January.
As part of a new agreement, during periods of disruption, customers with a valid ScotRail ticket will be able to complete their journey by tram at no extra charge by simply showing their ticket to the on-board Ticketing Services Assistant.
This new service will be available to passengers whose journey has been affected by issues such as severe weather disruption, emergency repairs or signalling issues.
To celebrate the opening of the Transport for Edinburgh Travelshop at Haymarket, the company are giving away a years FREE travel on Edinburgh Trams and Lothian Buses.
Along with the Travelshops in Hanover Street, Waverley Bridge and Jarnac Court in Dalkeith, you can pick up timetables, buy tickets and get help with your Edinburgh Trams and Lothian Buses journeys at the newest Travelshop in Clifton Terrace.
Bus and tram passengers in Edinburgh will be the first in Scotland to access real-time service information in Google Maps. From 4th January the partnership between Transport for Edinburgh and Google will help travellers to plan their journeys more effectively and get live updates.
Google Maps will know where all buses and trams are on the network at any time, allowing it to show expected times of arrival and any service delays, and the information will be incorporated into Google Maps' journey planning functions.
