(07 Mar 2014, 11:12 am)Andreos Constantopolous wrote How do they look/sound?
Have used the trams in Dublin and Nottingham (unfortunately, never in the other towns/cities that have them - apart from several European cities) so it would be good to compare.

Very quiet and smooth running which appears to be due to the quality of the tram lines as well as the actual trams. The trams appeared to cope really well with uphill sections as noted on the short steep climb from York Place to St Andrew Square. I also observed a long gradual climb before the Gyle Centre and the tram took that at a nice pace and again it was almost silent.
The inside of the cars looked good with plenty of leg rooms between the seats. I am unable to comment on the door system as the trams were running with no passengers.
My only negative comment is that some of the destination displays were showing distorted or missing characters particularly when displaying “Airport”.
The project seems to have been long running as I recall some of the Civil Engineering work back in 2006 but the end result looks promising. Everything looks good for the planned service start date of Q2 in 2014.