The delayed and over-budget Edinburgh tram project had a “litany of avoidable failures”, the chairman of an inquiry has said as its long-awaited report into the transport system was released. The ...

A Scottish Government minister has criticised the long-awaited inquiry into the Edinburgh Trams failures, saying its delivery was “too long and too costly” while some of its conclusions were not ...

A former railway line which runs through Edinburgh is at the centre of a heated debate over whether it should return as a tram line. The railway closed about 60 years ago but in the 1980s it was ...

The ‘tap on, tap off’ system going live on Edinburgh’s trams will work in conjunction with Lothian Buses A new “tap on, tap off” system will go live on Edinburgh’s trams later this month. Dubbed “ToTo ...

The Scottish Government will fund a study of a new tram-train route in Edinburgh if the SNP wins the upcoming election, according to the ...

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Edinburgh’s trams carried 12.5 million passengers in 2025, marking an increase of 3.3 percent from 2024, according to a new council report. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, ...

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Edinburgh Council stopped one of the country’s biggest engineering firms from advertising on the trams because it was ...

Famous Edinburgh citizens such as Ian Rankin could feature on the trams Edinburgh's trams are to be maroon, white and gold with two special ones bearing the image of famous Edinburgh citizens such as ...