Sacyr Farrans Neopul

Passenger services on Edinburgh’s new tram line to Newhaven launched today with the help of the community along the route. The first paying customers boarded the service, operated by Edinburgh Trams, between Newhaven and Picardy Place (and onward to Edinburgh Airport) at midday yesterday.

Passenger services on the new tram route to Newhaven are scheduled to start at 12pm on 7 June 2023, it has been announced as the Pilrig Wheels were installed at Iona Street.

History was made on Monday night when the first tram in over 65 years ran down Leith Walk, as the Trams to Newhaven project nears completion. Ahead of the route opening for service in spring 2023, a period of testing and commissioning is required to ensure the newly constructed line, software and si

Learning from the mistakes of the past is a common theme for the project team delivering the £207.3 million Edinburgh Trams to Newhaven line. The first phase of the trams project began operating in May 2014 after six years of disruption and a long-running dispute between the council and contra

The final sections of Trams to Newhaven track in Edinburgh are soon to be laid as the project prepares for the electrification of the full line. Energisation of newly installed overhead lines during November and December will allow a testing and commissioning period to begin at the start of 2023.

Edinburgh's Leith Walk will reopen to two-way traffic between Pilrig Street and London Road from Monday, marking a key milestone for the Trams to Newhaven project.

The £207 million project to extend Edinburgh's tram network to Newhaven has marked a major milestone with the largest concrete pour to date.

Construction site preparation works for Edinburgh’s Trams to Newhaven project will start today in line with the Scottish Government’s Phase 1 pre-start site preparation.

The City of Edinburgh Council has ordered work on the Edinburgh’s Trams to Newhaven project to stop this week in light of new coronavirus guidance from the Scottish Government.