To meet soaring demand, Edinburgh Trams added extra services before and after each of the concerts across the month ensuring fans could get to and from the venues quickly and safely. Dozens of additional staff were on duty to help with boarding and to offer face-to-face travel advice. Meanwhile, the popular All-Night Trams ran every Friday and Saturday throughout the festival period, helping thousands of festivalgoers travel around the city.
Sarah Singh, Edinburgh Trams Head of Service Delivery, said, “This has been a landmark month for Edinburgh Trams. The combination of the festival and a packed events calendar has seen record-breaking numbers on the tram network.
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“Saturday 9th August set a new daily record of just under 77,000 recorded journeys which is a true indication of how well trams can perform on a day.
“I’d like to thank our entire team for their efforts in delivering extra services, managing huge crowds, and keeping the city moving during such an exciting but demanding period, as well as every customer who chose to travel with us this month.”
Councillor Stephen Jenkinson, Transport and Environment Convener, said: “August has been a huge month for Edinburgh, with our ever-popular festivals alongside a series of major concerts at Murrayfield, and these numbers show just how important Edinburgh Trams have been to our success.
“We’ve worked closely with Edinburgh Trams and other partners to keep the city moving over the last month and its thanks to the forward planning and efforts of all those involved that it all ran so smoothly. It’s fantastic that so many people chose to travel by tram during this period.”
The record-breaking figures come just over a year after tram records were broken when Taylor Swift performed in the city and recorded just under 74,500 journeys.