It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the last few months have been extremely busy time for the Edinburgh Trams team…to say the least! In December we hit our biggest milestone yet when we brought a tram through the city for the first time in 57 years. This was a proud moment for all of us and one that we’ve been working towards for quite some time.
A newly liveried tram made its way to St Andrew Square tram stop today where Edinburgh Trams, Lothian Buses and Transport for Edinburgh unveiled their new brand. Tram drivers and other operational staff were in the uniforms they’ll wear when passengers start using the service in May.
Our sister company, Lothian Buses, is also having its vehicles updated as part of an ongoing process to align the fleet to the new look.
Welcome to the new Edinburgh Trams website! Soon you will be regularly seeing Edinburgh's new trams on the track from Edinburgh Airport to York Place as we carry out a full range of testing. This site is here to help answer your questions about the Edinburgh Trams and introduce you to our people, our vehicles and the tram route.
Check out some of the features on our site:
On the night of Wednesday 4th December Edinburgh Trams ran the first tram through the city centre in 57 years. This was a substantial milestone for the construction project and forms part of testing that is currently ongoing on the full line.
During this historic event, the tram was followed by hundreds of interested members of the public, journalists and several officials from the project, City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh Trams Ltd. The twitter-sphere was awash with comments throughout the night and the successful test was received positively.
On 22nd November, the team welcomed some visitors to our tram depot. The BBC Scotland reporter David Miller and his crew had come to see what what our staff get up to during a typical day at Edinburgh Trams.
