Timeline
Key dates in the inquiry's progress, assembled from its recorded milestones and hearing phases.
Hearing-phase dates are taken from the published hearing days; some earlier milestone dates are approximate where the inquiry has not published an exact date.
Milestones & hearing phases
Milestone
Hearing phase
Reports & costs
Still to come
Inquiry Announced
Scottish Ministers established an inquiry into the Edinburgh Tram Project.
Evidential hearings
59 sitting days
Government Response
Scottish Government response to recommendations.
Inquiry Closed
Lord Hardie notified the First Minister that the inquiry had ended and published an explanatory note.