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Edinburgh Trams: History, Overview & Current line

Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Edinburgh Trams Ltd. It is an 18.5-kilometre (11.5 mi) line between Newhaven and Edinburgh Airport, with 23 stops.

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Edinburgh Trams topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Overview and Current line as prominent areas in the source structure around Edinburgh Trams.

Related topics
114
Source areas
7
Connected nodes
121
Extracted relationships
127
Concept neighborhoods
40
Bridge connections
121

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 64 topics
Overview · 31 topics
Current line · 7 topics
Accidents and incidents · 6 topics
Corporate affairs · 2 topics
Fares and ticketing · 2 topics
Services · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Owner
Edinburgh Transport Holdings
Headquarters
1 Myreton Drive Edinburgh EH12 9GF
Annual ridership
12.2 million (2025)
Began operation
31 May 2014 (2014-05-31)
Electrification
Overhead line, 750 V DC
Headway
7–10 minutes

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Current line

Fares and ticketing

Services

Corporate affairs

Accidents and incidents

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Edinburgh Trams connects Entity context

The extracted context around Edinburgh Trams shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Edinburgh Trams → Aberdeen Lines, After, Airport, An, At Haymarket, Atholl Place, December, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Park, Fife Circle Line, From, Glasgow, Gogar, Gogar Roundabout, Gogarburn, Gyle Centre, Haymarket, Ingliston Park Another extracted example is Edinburgh Trams → Airport Zone, At, Consideration, Edinburgh, Flowbird Transport Ltd, Galexio-Plus, However, If, Lothian Buses, May, On, Passengers, September, The, Ticket, TOTO. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Edinburgh Trams

Top relations

related to Route · 36
Edinburgh Trams → Aberdeen Lines, After, Airport, An, At Haymarket, Atholl Place, December, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Airport, Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Park, Fife Circle Line, From, Glasgow, Gogar, Gogar Roundabout, Gogarburn, Gyle Centre, Haymarket, Ingliston Park
related to Ticket machines · 16
Edinburgh Trams → Airport Zone, At, Consideration, Edinburgh, Flowbird Transport Ltd, Galexio-Plus, However, If, Lothian Buses, May, On, Passengers, September, The, Ticket, TOTO
related to Completion: 2013–2014 · 14
Edinburgh Trams → City, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Evening News, From, Haymarket, In June, Lesley Hinds, Lothian Buses, More, Originally, People, Scottish National Entitlement Card, Shandwick Place, This
related to Bicycle policy · 11
Edinburgh Trams → August, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Festival, Festival Fringe, Following, In May, June, Parliament, Pedal, Spokes, UK
related to Fare structure · 10
Edinburgh Trams → April, As, Citysmart, Lothian Buses, On, Ridacard, Ridacards, September, The, Ticketing
related to Business trends · 7
Edinburgh Trams → December, Edinburgh Trams Limited, Including, It, May, The, This
related to Further reading · 7
Edinburgh Trams → Horncastle, ISSN, May, Mortons Media Group, OCLC, The Railway Magazine, Vol
related to Ownership and structure · 5
Edinburgh Trams → By, City, Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh Trams Limited, Edinburgh Transport Holdings
Route map · 3
Edinburgh Trams → edit⟂, talk⟂, view⟂
Annual ridership · 1
Edinburgh Trams → 12.2 million (2025)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

edinburgh tram trams council city airport newhaven line place street may would 2014 million stop june leith first haymarket construction

Edinburgh Trams relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 127 structured relationships around Edinburgh Trams. Examples in this analysis include Edinburgh Trams → Annual ridership → 12.2 million (2025) and Edinburgh Trams → Began operation → 31 May 2014 (2014-05-31). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Edinburgh TramsAnnual ridership12.2 million (2025)1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsBegan operation31 May 2014 (2014-05-31)1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsElectrificationOverhead line, 750 V DC1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsHeadquarters1 Myreton Drive Edinburgh EH12 9GF1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsHeadway7–10 minutes1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsLocaleEdinburgh1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsNumber of lines11.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsNumber of stations231.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsNumber of vehicles27 CAF Urbos 31.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsOperator(s)Edinburgh Trams Ltd.1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsOwnerEdinburgh Transport Holdings1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsRoute mapview⟂1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsRoute maptalk⟂1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsRoute mapedit⟂1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsSystem length18.5 km (11.5 mi)1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsTop speed70 km/h (43 mph)1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsTrack gauge1,435 mm (.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output…1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsTrain length42.8 m (140 ft 5 in)1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsTransit typeLight rail/Tram1.00infobox
Edinburgh TramsWebsiteedinburghtrams.com1.00infobox
Edinburgh Tramsis atramway in Edinburgh0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Edinburgh Trams bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Council, Trams and Tram. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Edinburgh Trams
    • Council
    • Trams
    • Tram
    • Airport
    • Line
    • City
    • Lines
    • Transport
    • May
    • Would
    • Newhaven
    • Tramway
  • edinburgh trams
    • Council
    • Trams
    • Tram
    • Airport
    • Line
    • Transport
    • City
    • Lines
    • May
    • First
    • Would
    • Newhaven
  • edinburgh
    • Council
    • Trams
    • Tram
    • Airport
    • Line
    • City
    • Lines
    • Transport
    • May
    • Would
    • Newhaven
    • Tramway
  • edinburgh airport
    • Council
    • Line
    • Trams
    • Tram
    • Airport
    • Edinburgh
    • Newhaven
    • City
    • First
    • Haymarket
    • Lines
    • Princes
  • edinburgh council
    • Council
    • Edinburgh
    • Trams
    • Tram
    • Airport
    • Line
    • City
    • Million
    • Leith
    • Lines
    • Would
    • Haymarket
  • york place
    • Place
    • York
    • Stop
    • Haymarket
    • Newhaven
    • Leith
    • West
    • Route
    • Line
    • Street
    • Would
    • Centre
  • edinburgh transport holdings
    • Council
    • Trams
    • Tram
    • Airport
    • Line
    • City
    • Lines
    • Transport
    • May
    • Would
    • Newhaven
    • Tramway
  • edinburgh corporation tramways
    • Council
    • Trams
    • Tram
    • Airport
    • Line
    • City
    • Lines
    • Transport
    • May
    • Would
    • Newhaven
    • Tramway

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Edinburgh Trams, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Edinburgh Trams with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Edinburgh TramsHistory · splits 57 ⟂ 65
Edinburgh TramsOverview · splits 90 ⟂ 32
Edinburgh TramsCurrent line · splits 114 ⟂ 8
Edinburgh TramsAccidents and incidents · splits 115 ⟂ 7
Edinburgh TramsFares and ticketing · splits 119 ⟂ 3
Edinburgh TramsServices · splits 119 ⟂ 3
Edinburgh TramsCorporate affairs · splits 119 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Edinburgh Trams

Nodes122
Edges121
Triples127
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016393
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Edinburgh Trams to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Overview & Current line, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Edinburgh Trams · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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