Tag: Edinburgh Trams
Val McDermid on top form at the Central Library
'My life', says Val McDermid, 'is a testament to the power of books: they made me.'
This may well be true, but Val has also made quite a few books herself. Prodigious writer, frequent broadcaster, entertaining...
Five things you need to know today
Spa in the City - Edinburgh Marathon Festival - Tram roadshow - Tough Mudder - New bus timetables from next week
Spa in the City has taken over St Andrew Square this weekend. Well done to...
Get to know the tram in St Andrew Square this weekend
Now that the date is set for the first tram to run with passengers aboard, the ticketing details have been added to the Edinburgh Trams website.
Road shows are to be held over the next...
Street Food Saturday at The Tram Stop
After years of surviving roadworks and disruption, the stallholders at St Mary’s Market, tucked behind John Lewis on the corner of York Place, have decided to take a positive attitude to the launch of...
VIDEO – Trams will start running at the end of this month
The end is now in sight. After seven years of construction work the tram line is complete, the trams are here, and now you can get on board.
Transport Convener Councillor Lesley Hinds announced this...
VIDEO – Edinburgh Trams – #carefulnow! for a bit longer
Trams are still being tested on the route which runs between Edinburgh Airport and York Place, and there is no announcement from the council as yet about the date when passengers can start using...
There’s a broken down tram….
Or is there? No there are going to be pretend broken down trams in the next few days. So before you all take to social media to report that the trams have not even...
VIDEO – Edinburgh Trams are almost there
The final date for the tram launch is not yet officially set, and it seems clear that much more testing needs to be done before the drivers and the vehicles will deal with the...
Edinburgh Tram blocked by lorry
This was the scene on South St Andrew Street on Wednesday morning when a refuse lorry was parked outside MacDonalds blocking the path of the tram returning to the airport. The lorry driver was...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh!
#CarefulNow - Pandacam - Enter our competitions - Jazz at The Usher Hall - Films in Portobello
In anticipation of the launch of Edinburgh Trams next month, the council has launched its safety campaign. When The...
Best of the April Fools
Yes it was 1 April today in case you did not remember. We did not publish this article before lunchtime so that we were not responsible for spoiling your fun. Unfortunately other news outlets...
Safety message increases with more tram tests on the way
CAREFUL NOW: SAFETY MESSAGING STEPPED UP AS TRAM TESTS GO SEVEN DAYS
The City of Edinburgh Council and Edinburgh Trams are ramping up their tram safety campaign in preparation for the next phase of testing...
Are Leith Walk improvements moving at last?
The council decided on Thursday to bring forward the date for appointing a contractor to carry out improvement works on Leith Walk by around six weeks. They had put out an invitation to tender...
VIDEO – Edinburgh Trams put through their paces
Organisers of today's Exercise Salvador event have paid tribute to members of the public for their help and enthusiasm.
Around 1,000 volunteers enrolled for the exercise, which was designed to evaluate crowd management procedures at the Murrayfield Stadium tram...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh!
Scotland v France - WHEC win keys to the Castle! - International Women's Day - Edinburgh Trams - Cupcakes to decide the referendum
Later today around 70,000 fans will descend on Murrayfield to watch Scotland...
Five things you need to know today Edinburgh!
EdinburghReportage - Edinburgh Ceilidh Club - Craigmillar Community High School - Travelling Gallery - A tram journey
EdinburghReportage has a storyboard asking for photos or indeed text about clocks around the city. Where is your...
Volunteers needed for tram exercise
Edinburgh Trams is seeking volunteers to help evaluate crowd management procedures at the Murrayfield Stadium tram stop next month.
Before entering full passenger service, Edinburgh Trams needs to undertake a number of realistic exercises to test...
VIDEO – Daylight tram testing on Princes Street
The Edinburgh Reporter was out on Princes Street today to watch the tram being put through its paces in amongst the traffic and pedestrians.
Our photographer Thomas Haywood was along at Haymarket and Shandwick Place...
This is Edinburgh – new marketing campaign launched
‘This is Edinburgh’ to put spotlight back on capital’s city centre
Real Edinburgh people (L-R Rianne White(22), Majella Flower (51), Jackson Ramsay (11), Benjie Bateman (38) spell out what a new marketing campaign for...
Edinburgh Tram in daylight testing
The tram took to Princes Street yesterday….here is a video produced by Edinburgh Trams from the cab!
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Watch out for the trams – daytime testing to begin
Over the next few days you should catch sight of more trams on the route between Edinburgh Airport and York Place. Until now trams have been tested between the airport and the tram stop...
Bus fares to increase on Airlink service
Fares for AIRLINK, Lothian Buses' service between Edinburgh city centre and Edinburgh Airport, are to increase for the first time in five years.
From Sunday 5 January 2014, an adult single ticket will increase by...
Five things you need to know today
Edinburgh Trams - Recommendations for improvement at Saughton - Lord Provost Fair Trade Awards - Food poverty - Carer Support payment
Transport Convener Lesley Hinds was delighted to present the new tram to Edinburgh yesterday...
VIDEO – Transport for Edinburgh livery revealed today
The tram now standing at St Andrew Square is all painted up and ready to go....
The newly liveried tram was at St Andrew Square this morning along with front line staff wearing their uniforms to...
First trams in Princes Street for over 50 years
Hundreds braved the dismal weather conditions to watch the first tram in more than half a century to travel along the city's Princes Street last night. The 45m vehicle moved off at walking speed...
Good news about Edinburgh’s Trams
Is there perhaps good news on the horizon at last for the Edinburgh tram project? Testing will be carried out on other parts of the line past Edinburgh Park at the beginning of December...
Trams – overhead wires now live along whole route
Overhead power lines between the Bankhead Tram Stop and York Place have been switched on meaning the whole airport to city centre route is now live.
The 750 volt dc power lines are over five...
Tweet to the council’s Transport Convener this Wednesday
On Wednesday 13 November at 4:00pm you are invited along to a Twitter Q & A with Councillor Lesley Hinds the Transport and Environment Convener which will last till 5:00pm. The Council's Twitter account...
Awards for Lothian Buses staff
Over 150 Lothian Buses employees turned out at The Hub in Edinburgh last Saturday for the company’s annual employee awards, celebrating the success of their colleagues.
The awards, which are in their 4th year, recognised...
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