The month of August in the Scottish capital is always one to remember, and this year is no different!

As the Festival season kicks off in Edinburgh, we’re reminding customers that it is not possible to carry bikes on trams during the period, which runs from 1-24 August this year.

While we are proud to normally offer this service at the discretion of our on-tram colleagues during off-peak times, the tram network gets significantly busier during the month as the city welcomes artists and visitors from across the globe. 

Festival season is almost upon us, and we’re kicking things off this week with the announcement that All-Night trams are back on Friday & Saturday nights throughout the Festivals. 

Beginning on Friday 1 August, trams will run a ten-minute service until the usual times, then trams will run every half an hour throughout the wee hours, until the normal 7-minute service resumes the following morning. 

This week, Scotland’s largest celebration of rural life returns to Edinburgh, and we couldn’t be more excited! We’ve compiled some of our best advice from around the internet and from our years of supporting the Royal Highland Show to help you plan your weekend.

This summer, we’re reminding cyclists in the city to take care as they’re travelling near the tramline.

Our Trams travel through Leith, one of the most densely populated areas of the city, then along Princes Street and to Haymarket, before moving to the off-road section of the track. 

As we move into summer, there are understandably more cyclists taking advantage of the weather, including people who cycle less frequently. To ensure the safety of all road users, we want to highlight some of the measures cyclists can take to safely travel alongside our trams:

With the Royal Highland Show fast approaching and festival season on the horizon just beyond that, June is already feeling very busy indeed! Scroll on for some highlights of the calendar this month...

The Royal Highland Show

Thu 19 – Sun 22 June
Nearest tram stop: Ingliston Park & Ride

We're celebrating 11 years of gliding across the city this weekend, and looking back at 11 of the milestones which have shaped our journey so far!

May 2014 – Tramline opens

After several years of construction, and 15 years after a modern tramline was first proposed in 1999, the first trams rolled out of the depot on May 31, 2014. Tram 275 was the first to take passengers from Gyle Centre into Princes Street. 

Scotland’s biggest celebration of the best of food, farming and rural life returns to Edinburgh from the 19-22 June this year, and as always, we’ll be on hand to support, with extra trams running all day to the nearby Ingliston Park & Ride tram stop to help visitors get to and from the Royal Highland Show. 

Some fluffy faces popped down to the Gogarburn depot for a visit before the show – and while we won’t be sending many trams out with a Heilan Coo on board, keep your eyes peeled for the specially wrapped tram, which is gliding around the city now!

We're delighted to announce that our new payment solution, ‘Tap on, Tap off’ or ‘ToTo’, is now live across the city.

While pop legend Robbie Williams has promised to ‘Entertain You’ when he takes to the stage in Edinburgh later this month, we’ll be on hand to Transport You so that fans can enjoy quick and convenient travel to and from Murrayfield Stadium!