All night tram service to run throughout Fringe Festival
An extended service is being put on to support tourism from the Fringe Festival
Festival goers will benefit from an extended tram service throughout August. Edinburgh Trams have announced an all-night service will be introduced to help cope with the number of visitors brought to the city by the Fringe festival.
Trams will be running on both Friday and Saturdays with services from every 20 mins between midnight and 5.30am to keep up with festival revellers.
Restrictions at Ingliston Park and Ride have been lifted on Friday and Saturdays.
Sarah Singh, Operations Manager, said:
“For three weeks in August we see a huge surge in customers wanting to come into the city, and as festival fever begins to grip, Edinburgh Trams is ready to help you enjoy the extravaganza without having to worry about getting home.
"What’s more, the cost of travelling by tram at night will be the same as during the day, with a return ticket in the City Zone costing just £3.20 for adults.”
Brigadier David Allfrey, Chief Executive and Producer at The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, said:
“Thank you! It is brilliant that Transport for Edinburgh - our trams and our buses - are making special and extra provision over the summer.
"Whether our guests are coming to The Tattoo or enjoying a hundred and one other things on an evening in our extraordinary Festivals City, it is great to know that getting home at the close will be easy.”
Trams will run all night on Friday and Saturday from 3 August till 25 August.