#5738
CAF Urbos 3 (Edinburgh)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles· from 2014· tram in City of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Edinburgh Tram 255: Ned Banks· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. Edinburgh tram 001: Ad Meskens· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. Welcome to Edinburgh's new trams, 2016 - panoramio: Roger Carvell· CC BY 3.0
- 4. Bike and Edinburgh Tram 263 St Andrew Square - 34522614282: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. Bike and Edinburgh Tram 263 St Andrew Square: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. Edinburgh Tram 253 at St Andrew Square - 33828669804: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. Edinburgh Tram 253 at St Andrew Square - 34540758551: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Edinburgh Tram 254 St Andrew Square - 34509909332: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. Edinburgh Tram 254 St Andrew Square - 34509922002: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 10. Edinburgh Tram 256 on Princes Street: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Edinburgh Tram network operates a fleet of CAF Urbos 3 low-floor trams that were specially designed for use in the city. Twenty-seven were built in Beasain, Spain, between 2009 and 2011.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 12 years ago, in 2014.
- 720 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 42.9 m long: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 170: 3 full city buses (~50 seats each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 2014
- in service from
- 2014
- status
- in service
- number built
- 27
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
- operators
- Transport for Edinburgh
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- 720 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- OHLE
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′+0′+2′+0′+Bo′+0′+Bo′
- formation
- 7 articulated cars per tram
- length
- 42.9 m
- weight
- 56 t
- capacity
- 170 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q5338271, Wikipedia: CAF Urbos 3 (Edinburgh) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.