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Edinburgh Corporation Tramways was a Scottish tram network that formerly served the City of Edinburgh, Scotland. The city used four-wheeled double-decked trams painted dark red ( madder ) and white – a livery still used by Lothian Buses and the modern light rail Edinburgh Trams .
The "Ridacard" is a smartcard season ticket issued by Transport for Edinburgh; it is valid on both Edinburgh Trams and Lothian Buses (available for one week, four weeks or annually). On 1 September 2014, a rechargeable pre-paid smartcard for single journeys on both buses and trams, called "Citysmart", was introduced.
Buses on Princes Street, one of the main thoroughfares in Edinburgh. Map of tram and commuter rail services in Edinburgh. Edinburgh is a major transport hub in east central Scotland and is at the centre of a multi-modal transport network with road, rail and air communications connecting the city with the rest of Scotland and internationally.
City of Edinburgh Council apologised, saying “serious mistakes were made” during the scheme, which cost more than double the original estimate and opened in 2014 with a curtailed route and ...
The inquiry was set up in 2014 to examine why the tram scheme went more than double over budget and took so long to complete. Edinburgh tram scheme had ‘litany of avoidable failures’, inquiry ...
The inquiry into the Edinburgh tram project is examining why the works finished five years late and cost twice as much as initially planned. Edinburgh tram inquiry costs to reach more than £13m ...
The last electric trams ran in 1956, but electric trams returned in 2014 with the opening of Edinburgh Trams. Many of the trams from the horse/cable/first electric era were built in Shrubhill Works. Two trams have been preserved, a horse tram and an electric tram, built by Shrubhill in 1885 and 1948 respectively.
English: Map showing the Edinburgh Trams system including proposed sections, alongside hypothetically reopened stations on the Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction Railway. Update with June 2023 extension of the tramway and current station names.