We’ll be shutting a section of the tram network for 72 hours in September so that the network can undergo essential engineering work as part of our programme of planned renewals. We understand this will cause disruption to our customers and would like to apologise in advance for the inconvenience caused.
Following normal service on Friday 26 September, trams will not run between Picardy Place and Haymarket to make way for the replacement of track points at Shandwick Place.
This week, two of our drivers will be flying the flag for Scotland in Austria, where they’ll compete in the first-ever World Tram Driver Championships.
The busy festival season in Edinburgh may have come to an end but that doesn’t mean all the fun has to stop here in the Scottish capital!
Edinburgh Trams has enjoyed its busiest month ever, with passenger journeys reaching new heights during a packed August of festivals and concerts.
The city’s multi award-winning tramway recorded its highest monthly patronage numbers, recording almost 1.5m customer journeys thanks to the return of Edinburgh’s world-famous festival season and a series of major music events.
Gig season in Edinburgh continues over the next couple of weeks with Summer Sessions at the Royal Highland Centre, featuring Sam Fender and Chappell Roan. Whether you’re dusting off your Newcastle United shirt or bejewelling your cowboy hat, our trams will be Hot To Go to take you to the gigs!
Tune up your air guitars and comb out your best head-banging locks – AC/DC bring the POWER UP Tour to Edinburgh next week!
As always, we’ll be providing our own electrically powered trams (DC, in case you were wondering) to help fans get to and from the concerts, with extra trams out on the network before and after the Thursday night show.
We’ll expect the network to be very busy, so please make sure you leave plenty of time for travel before the show starts.
We wanted to be the first to let you know about The Masterplan – Oasis bring their long-awaited reunion tour to Edinburgh this week, and we’ve got the bucket hats and parkas ready to go!
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.
