Taylor Swift helps Edinburgh Trams to record-breaking year
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In 2024, Edinburgh Trams recorded more than 12 million customer journeys as the network continues to build on the successful launch of services to Newhaven in 2023.
And Swifties gave a huge boost the trams’ figures with almost 250,000 journeys recorded during the pop icon’s Edinburgh shows in the summer.
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Hide AdLea Harrison, Edinburgh Trams MD, said: “Last year saw a series of remarkable achievements, not least our busiest ever day when more than 74,000 trips were taken onboard our trams.
“This was part of an astonishing period in June when almost a quarter of a million journeys were recorded during a series of concerts by global superstar Taylor Swift at the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium.
“In August, we registered our busiest month of the year, with 1.2 million journeys taken during the city’s world-renowned festival season.”
The latest annual figures show an increase of almost three million compared to 2023 and 7.3 million more than in 2022, which was the last full year before the first trams from the city to Newhaven operated.
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Hide AdEdinburgh Trams said anecdotally, the original line between the airport and the city centre was also reported to be busier than ever, thanks in part to a strengthening of links between with major venues such as Murrayfield and the Royal Highland Showground.
The end-of-year figures round off an impressive 12 months for Edinburgh Trams, having won the Most Improved System category at the Global Light Rail Awards and the title of Tram Operator of the Year at the National Transport Awards.
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