The Edinburgh Tram Challenge. Alighting at EVERY stop between the Airport and Newhaven... 

There are only two people who can turn an everyday, mundane, commuter route into an interesting and entertaining challenge. Thanks for the video. Loved it.

Who in the world came up with this tram challenge? 7 hours to cover 18kms! You guys have real stamina. Always great to see Alicja. She added a great sense of fun to the video.

Watching this is a great way for those of us who don’t live in Edinburgh to get an idea of the city and some of its interesting parts. Well done!

Thanks for making this, really appreciate the work you both put in to show us something if interest at each stop where possible. It was actually a really good idea, like a slice right across Edinburgh giving us a bit of a flavour of the place. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with Greggs!

I enjoyed that 😊 One thing I did notice was how pristine everything was and next to no litter. Well done Edinburgh!

Nice video Steve. I must say this is something I do when visiting a new city as its a great way to see the city and sometimes you find real gems that are not on the touristic routes. Its also a cost effective way to see the sights and you can do it at your own pace. Thanks again for a great tour of Edinburgh.

I grew up near Edinburgh and lived there for a long time, but moved away in 96. My last visit was 2017, so seeing the changes is fascinating!

Loved the bit where Alicja says what the F, when the bus passed 🤣

Well done Steve & Alicja, certainly a ten out of ten for stamina to do the challenge (or was an endurance test?!) Pleased to see you called at Harburn Hobbies, I’ll be calling there myself in two weeks time on our visit to Edinburgh. We have four days in Edinburgh before we start our tour, so your challenge gave us ideas on new parts to travel to! cheers Paul

I am enjoying this from Australia. My daughter lives in Scotland so I like to see the scenery and familiarise myself with the stops. What a hoot ! Thanks for posting this video

Well done! Watching from Portugal and trying to imagine the views my daughter watches on her way to work and back home. Thank you!

This city guy really appreciated seeing you do this across Edinburgh. Loved all the different housing and municipal buildings. Impressed how clean all the streets are.

Great video guys - and what a fantastic advert for Edinburgh. Just to clarify the fares - the expensive fares apply ONLY to the Airport - for every other trip no matter how far, the price is just £2.00 for a single journey (same as for the buses) !!

Glad to see the Burns statue was returned after the tram work, hopefully that’s a good sign for the Sherlock Holmes statue as well, back at Picardy Place.

Oh my gosh, it's like the Melbourne ding dings, I love it!

Yay! An All Stations Challenge. Steve Marsh v Geoff Marshall. I love that modern trams still use the sound of a traditional old bell. I enjoyed the Edinburgh tram on my last visit. An excellent service. Thank you for taking us along with your challenge. 👏👏👍😎

What a marathon journey that was! Thanks for taking us along.

Nice one Steve , when I was there a year ago to visit the Britannia (well worth the visit ) they were still building the route from Waverly station to Ocean shopping Centre Leith , so I walked the route instead so its lovely to see it all finished now😊

The things you do for my benefit and education, you both must be on the New Years honours list 2024 ! 😅😊

You are brave getting off at some of those stops. Saughton and Balgreen spring to mind!!

THANK YOU Steve and Alicija! I am planning a trip to Scotland in the fall, and this video has shown me how to take a wee trip, as I believe y'all refer to it, from the city center to the port. While I will not be stopping everywhere, I will be riding the tram to the coast now. Grateful for the heads up on this. Always nice to see Alicija with her trademark cheerful exuberance and playfulness in this video. Y'all make a great couple, Have a safe and pleasant weekend, and I look forward to next week's video.

That was an interesting ride, more say the closer you got to Edinburgh and definitely much more interesting than that other tourist attraction that was appearing before the crowd that day.

I am so proud that we have actually ridden on this tram system. But what a great and engaging film, love it !!❤😊

Thanks Steve I love ❤️ Edinburgh keep up the great work paul in Kent 😊

Thanks Steve and Alicja. My sister and I are planning a trip to Scotland next year. We want to use as much public transport as possible. This video alleviates some concerns I had about using public transit. Thank you guys so much! 👍

Ha! I love this kind of alternative urban exploration. It reminds me of the day I spent on the Berlin tram network, after I discovered that with about 5 line changes, you could travel from Kopernick to the centre of town. 3 hours to cover a 40 minute S-Bahn ride! Some of those interchanges were in the middle of nowhere..

Was just in your beautiful city last week and your tram video was really helpful! Thank you for the education and for bringing me back there through this video. Cannot wait to visit again.

It was just nice seeing the city from different angles. Thanks.

Wow, Steve and Alicja that was some tram effort, what a mission. The extension really opens Leith up and great to see Leith Walk, it will make a real difference to the locals. I believe the Tallink Ferry was housing refugees from Ukraine. Well done on doing this one, great challenge.

Had to laugh at Alicja's reaction at 17.53 !! Not sure why the horn was necessary though!! Well done on the challenge ! :)

Recently found your channel. Its fascinating, very relaxing to watch, fascinating places to see. Your travels around Scotland, showing how beautiful it is. Your channel takes me to places I wil not see , but can, thanks to you and Alicija .. Thank you.

What a great video of the route, with a wee tour of Edinburgh as well. I used to work for the trams and this brought back some very fond memories! Thank you.

Nothing wrong with a Greggs 😁

Heroic effort guys! Also, a helpful intro to the tram and locations of various stops. Heard you say “down the shore” near the end of the vlog. A phrase from English, Irish settlers to the US that remains here in Eastern Pennsylvania and Southern New Jersey. Elsewhere, it seems to be “going to the beach.” Great hearing this older reference with its images of the ocean and sand and freedom from school!

Well done! As an American, I am very jealous of such clean, efficient public transportation. Can't wait to visit Edinburgh again.

Just a wonderful journey, thank you both 😊

Before the trams the bit from Bankhead to Saughton and Balgreen was a bus "guideway" for the Route 22 service which used to follow much of what is now the tram route. Useful because it avoided the traffic lights that otherwise severely slowed down your journey.

Love that you manage so much variety in your videos. Always enjoyable.

A big well done to both of you for all the efforts put into that video!! Ye definitely deserved a drink after it all !!! Best of luck with the next video take care 👍👍👍

"Home game" this week. I might have guessed that Edinburgh is a beautiful city and yes, it is. Your challenge is a perfect format to have a glimpse of its grandeur and it results in yet another item on my bucket list. Respect for your perseverance despite fatigue and growing appetite!

Disappointing to see that Edinburgh is nearly as expensive as London for transport but the tram looks good. Enjoyed seeing non touristy parts of the town. Thanks!

Interesting video this week. After watching you guys sort of struggle towards the end, I question how someone could do the same trip whilst also doing a pub crawl! Obviously, you’d have to be in drinking shape to pull it off. Good seeing you both!

A very interesting watch showing all aspects of the city's regeneration and development, mostly for good....and much enhanced by your glamorous assistant!!

You have a gift for making any journey interesting (aided & abetted by Alicja)! That was, as always, plus it's all an education to anyone who doesn't know the places you go. Thanks!

Mad as a box of frogs but great fun. You didn't come out of Ryrie's 24 hours later did you? And that helicopter may have been keeping an eye on you! Thank you both.

I love the thought of all the penny pinching Scottish flyers walking that last stop to the airport! That airport surcharge is ridiculous! (£12 vs. £5 to include one extra stop) How long before they make it too hard to do this walk, though?

One of your best videos Steve! Thanks to the both of you for your patience with this challenge! Geoff Marshall would be so proud of you! I'd LOVE to see you and Geoff collaborate on a video in the future!

Hallelujah! A whole video and my feet didn't get off the ground once! What a joy. I have sort of done something similar only I didn't get off at every stop I just rode straight through and then got on the one and went back just for giggles. Also, there wasn't as much to see here as there is there. How much more fun it was to have Alicja with you than to do this by yourself. Be well, stay safe, love from Texas.

Well done guys! In reverse order, 1) Everybody thinks the Newhaven terminus is in a bizarre place! You'd have thought it would run into Western Harbour (that's the new flats next to Asda, there) or indeed, up to Newhaven Harbour as you say. I guess the road is wider where they've put it - and there is passive provision for an extension along to Granton that's being talked about already, along with a revised route up there from Princes Street... 2) Yeah, the time's up for those anchor-store-at-either-end 90s shopping centres. Ocean Terminal is unusual in that it lost both of its anchor stores (Debenhams and Bhs) and, most of the shops that remain are actually on the upper floors! I think the cinemas do quite well there, so I guess that's the reason... 3) The Tallin ship, which arrived the previous Sunday, is the temporary home of a couple of thousand Ukranian refugees. The City Council and many others are none too happy about this. I'm not sure if you noticed, but Victoria Bridge (the old wooden one that used to carry railway lines between what's now Rennies Isle and the Southern end of the docks and Seafield Yard (and thereby providing one of the physical links between the former Caledonian and North British Railways) is being restored as a public walkway. It's looking quite good! 4) Yes, whomever would have thought the Port of Leith would turn into a wine bar, Steve?? 5) I take it you don't prefer Wetherspoons for meals? Only, the Foot of the Walk pub is right next to, well, the Foot of the Walk tram-stop! There's also a nice new sit-in chippy at that end of Great Junction Street, should you ever be down that way again... 6) So don't you do avocado either, then? I've always felt it tastes like soap myself... 7) Not much of Shrubhill tram depot (of the old system) left now, is there? The even older Leith Tram Depot (on the other side of The Walk, behind Inchkeith House - which was the Leith Tramways Company's offices), was only recently demolished too. 8) You've been away from Edinburgh too long if you're surprised that there's still work to be done in that Leith Street / Broughton Street / Picardy Place island! It seems to me it's just what it £%&*ing does!! 9) Although all traces of York Place Tram Stop has now been removed (the platform was sitting over the city-bound tracks), all passenger trams prior to the recent opening of the extension still ran down there empty, to use the crossover... 10) In have always favoured that now-£475-a-night hotel building with the stone figurines too. 11) The latest proposed tram route to Granton would leave Princes Street and turn along Queensferry Street and then continue via Orchard Brae and the Western General Hospital to Crewe Toll, before adopting the former railway alignment to West Granton - where it may or may not link up with that extension from Newhaven, if it is ever built... 12) Note the track loop in what used to be the coal depot at Haymarket Yards - handy for turning extra westbound trams at the end of big events at Murrayfield. There's also passive provision in the trackwork for a turnout just where the line crosses the old Caledonian Railway Princes Street to Leith & Granton Line - along the track-bed of which was where it was originally planned to go. 13) Where did you live in Edinburgh, then? I'm at Gorgie Park - we must have just about been neighbours! And, surely I'm not the only one who reads 'Jenners Suppository' on that warehouse buildlng?? 14) The City of Edinburgh Council decided to drop the proposed branch from Ingliston to Newbridge recently - and proposes to use the money (which they don't yet have) to lay tracks "Up the A71 corridor to serve the college and university campuses at Sighthill and Riccarton." 15) 'Saughton' is a misnomer, isn't it? I'd have thought thnat 'Carrick Knowe' or even 'Broomhouse' would have been better. It does serve the Government offices there mind you - and it was originally known as "Saughton Hospital." 16) Gyle Centre has kept both its anchor stores - but has lost several others and is looking pretty tired now, I agree. What on earth persuaded them to put the tram stop so far away from everything else? Despite this inconvenience, it's fairly well used. 17) Edinburgh Gateway wasn't originally there when the tramway first opened. It is now used mainly by staff as their changeover point. The biggest white elephant of all is the enormous railway station with all mod cons above - it is only there at all because, while the Scottish Government revised the original plan for the Edinburgh & Glasgow Electrification Project - which was to have had most of its' trains diverted through the new station and along a new curve that was to be constructed to the south of Dalmeny; the contract for the tram interchange station had already been let... 18) So, when you're building a brand new tramway along a completely new alignment, it's so obvious to build the stop that serves one of the largest employment centres in the city at the other side of a busy dual carriageway, isn't it? 19) I've not been along there for a while, but permission is now granted for the development of new housing estates between Gogarburn and Ingliston stops - which will be served by a 24th tram stop I believe, for which passive provision is already made! So you might have to come back in a few years and do it all again - I'm sure Alicja wouldn't mind - in fact, she might even do it on your behalf, now that you've shown her how it all works [runs away and hides...!] 20) I might not have baked you a cake if I'd known you were coming - but as a holder of a C+ Edinburgh-issued concessionary pass, I could have chummed you along and saved you £12... Only saying!

Great vlog thoroughly enjoyed it. We watched the red arrows from St David's Harbour, Dalgety Bay. The Talink Ferry hosted our Ukrainian friends up until this week. Newhaven faces us directly from Burntisland. Well done you two❤

Thank you so much for this video. I have been to Edinburgh (love it)a few times but I have never experienced it this way, thanks again.

Loved it. I lived in Fife in the early 90's and I used to walk from Princess street to Leith occasionally. It has changed, but it was good to see it again.

That was quite an interesting challenge, although you were both definitely wilting towards the end. Did any of the tram drivers start recognising you? 🙂 What a shame you didn't look for lunch at Edinburgh Park Station. In the carpark at Hermiston Gait shopping centre across the road, is a wee van. It's called Scrumptious Snax, and when I visited it two years ago it was the #1 'Quick Bites' location in Edinburgh, according to Tripadvisor. Great stuff, mate!

This extended tram route as another great addition for exploring the city of Edinburgh (well done Steve) The 2 white flour mills,at Newhaven,have to come down,(so ugly) but the Leith Western Harbour area, north of Newhaven,has so much growth potential,as its is land,with fantastic sea views! Undeveloped just now! p.s. Haymarket train station is where you get off if you want to go and visit "Dean Village"! Lovely 15 min walk from the station!

Amazing idea ! Thank you for this video ❤you both are just awesome 👍

Watching in hospital had leg amputation enjoying the vlog very good idea thanks Ian

What the F….😂😂 Potty mouth Alicja 😂😂😂😂

OMG, you two are amazing. How on earth you managed that trek I will never know. Well done xx

Absolutely superb. Well done to both of you!

Everything you do I love and watch to the very end. Revisited your day in Rejkavik video today!! My favourite RU-vidrs thank you and keep up the good work guys. ❤

Brilliant. Great to see all the changes .

Hilarious challenge. Well done guys. You two balance each other so well.

Thank you both for your 7hr endurance journey on the whole tram line. I’m energized even more now for my next trip to Edinburgh. The extended line opens up so much more exploring possibilities for everyone. 🙋🏼‍♀️👏🏻😁

thanks for another brilliant video cant wait to see what you come up with next time love em all

Greetings from Sweden. This was a really great video. Very informative, interesting snd funny in my way. And the was geeat edit and the dpinds was great

Oh WOOF that was a trip and a half. Enjoyed the video as always. Edinburgh, especially Lieth Walk area has changed a good bit. Thanks again guys. Take care.

What a fun one this was. Of course your able assistant Alicja always adds to the enjoyment. You two are troopers. Have to say I loved that flower garden. The pubs look very cool too. Another winner Steve.

As an Edinburgh resident this video is priceless. Thanks for posting this 😊

That was an awesome idea for the video Steve, I really enjoyed it!👍

Steve and Alicja, thanks for showing the tram route! I’ll be in Edinburgh for the first time in about 10 days. I can’t wait! I love all of your videos, one of my very favorite RU-vid channels.

My daughter and I this on the first day just to say we we were some of the first to ride the full route. Glad we’re weren’t the only ones that made a “game” out of it😅👌🏼 Cheers guys!

Really enjoyed this vlog. Was in Edinburgh in May so floral clock was still just dirt. Thanks for showing what an amazing job the gardeners do each year. One of my favorite spots to visit when I’m there. Cheers, enjoy your weekend. ❤

Interesting. Idea, at least we saw lots of Edinburgh. You must be tired and bored. congratulations on finishing!

Loved this, great fun 😂❤❤

GEEEE WIZZZZ I feel so tired now. Loved it. Thank you

Absolutely loved the video only you too could make a tram trip into an enjoyable watch. Hope you are both well take care both

That was a great challenge. I enjoyed seeing all the stops and locations. Can’t wait to visit 😀

The Network Day ticket allows travel on the trams and Lothian buses, Lothian country buses and East coastbuses. From Whitburn, Bathgate, Livingston to North Berwick and Dunbar all included in the Network Day ticket.

Looks tiring but fun, cheers for the video Steve, great to see the both of you doing a video.

Fair play to you both for stopping at all the stations. Very modern tram's. Loved it.👍😊💙🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thanks for showing me around Edinburgh and all the trams at every stop and it is nice to see you both out and about again at least it is nice and sunny day and all the ships and the shops and the views and now you have done all 23 stops now Thanks Elaine

So much fun. You have inspired me to take on my own challenge next month. I told my wife and she said "you're too old for that" but I'm going for it anyway. Love your channel Steve.

What a great challenge! I really enjoyed that...

Yet, another great adventure. Some of us never really grow up - which is a good thing. Far better than a pub crawl. Well done. ❤️

😂😂 the looks on your faces, at the wtf part you had me laughing so bad. Terrible funny video and now you know how the tram drivers must feel too 😊

Yes...I watched till the very end and enjoyed... good shout Alijca..and thank you Steve. 😀

ahah what a challenge!! I waited till the end to see Newhaven, it's worth the wait!! thank you, you're both lovely and crazy ahhaha

Great video, Steve, as always. Love Edinburgh, love the trams and love you two buggers!

Brill video very enjoyable, the ladies often have the best ideas. Thanks for sharing your 'adventure'.

We watched this 2 minutes after you uploaded it tonight! Not bad for your southern most followers 😄

Steve, you two are bonkers! But loveable too! Fancy that trip myself.

Thanks guys great seeing you both 😊👍💕

Alicja’s comment going into that first pub made me think of the Jimmy Buffet song It’s Five O’clock Somewhere. 🍺

£475 for a night. No thank you even though I'm sure inside would be pretty grand! Thanks Steve and Alicja. We enjoyed our few days in Edinburgh back in June 2016. We will come back and bring the kids too. £5 day ticket on the tram is a bargain. £7 extra on the day ticket (other fares are available) just for the stretch to the airport. No wonder people walk. Cheers guys

Such fun to do this. Looking forward to staying with you both all the way.

Another splendid video! Thanks to you both. The first holiday my now wife and I had together was in Edinburgh in 2003. It was marvellous. One of the things she wanted to do was visit RY Britannia. I wasn't so interested, but we went there. It turns out it was one of those things that really captured me; I absolutely loved it. Long may you and Alicja continue to make videos. You two are great, and great together.

Very interesting video. It's been quite a while since I was over in Edinburgh (the last time the line was still under construction & Prince's St was a shambles), so the video has made me resolve to get back before year's end. It was good to see RFA Fort Victoria; I worked on her when she was being built in Belfast back in the day.

Thank you so much for this, I was able to put a face to a name ,so to speak, of so many places I had only read about. Most enjoyable and hope you manged to find some good food and the journey home was comfortable, till next time you both stay safe and well, cheers.

Phew, what a day. Looked warm too. Great video. Lovely to see parts of the city unknown to most ! Nice Def Leppard sweat shirt as well !!

I visited Edinburgh last month and was on the tram several times a day. A day pass cost me £5 for the city itself. Thanks for posting this video!