More than five million people travelled on Edinburgh's trams during their second year of operation, new figures have revealed. 

Operator Edinburgh Trams said 5.38m people used the service over the last 12 months. 

It represented a 9% increase in passenger numbers on the previous year - it was about 340,000 ahead of the target for the period. 

In its first year, 4.92m people travelled on the trams.

The company said it was also set to surpass revenue targets by 6%. 

George Lowder, the chief executive of Transport for Edinburgh, said the results were "hugely encouraging". 

"We are concentrating this year on enhancement of the existing service and are certainly not going to be complacent," he added. 

Source: bbc.co.uk/news