Addiscombe tram stop

London Tram stations
name = Addiscombe

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caption = Addiscombe tram stop, viewed from the Bingham Road end.
manager = Tramlink
zone = 5
locale = Addiscombe
borough = London Borough of Croydon
start = 2000
platforms= 2

Addiscombe tram stop is a light rail stop in the London Borough of Croydon in the southern suburbs of London.

The tram stop is served by Tramlink routes:cite web | title = Buses and trams from Addiscombe | publisher = Transport for London | url = http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/addiscombe-11300.pdf | accessdate = 2007-02-01]
* 1 (Central Croydon to Elmers End)
* 2 (Central Croydon to Beckenham)

Bus stops adjacent to the tram stop provide interchange with the following bus services (as of January 2008):cite web | title = Buses and trams from Addiscombe | publisher = Transport for London | url = http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/pdf/addiscombe-11300.pdf | accessdate = 2007-02-01]

* 289 – Elmers End – Central Croydon – Purley;
* 312 – Norwood Junction – Central Croydon – South Croydon;
* 367 – Bromley – Central Croydon;

The tram stop is located between Bingham Road and Lower Addiscombe Road, on a section of line which follows the trackbed of the former Woodside and South Croydon Railway. However the former railway was on an embankment at this point and crossed over both roads on bridges. During construction of Tramlink, the embankment was removed, the bridges replaced with level crossings and the tram stop built at street level.

The former Bingham Road halt on the Woodside and South Croydon Railway was formerly situated here. Its longer platforms also extended to the south of Bingham Road. The same railway's Addiscombe station was located on a branch line, about 500 metres to the west.cite book | first = John B. | last = Gent | title = Croydon's Transport Through the Ages | publisher = Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society Ltd | isbn = 090604717X]

References

External links

* [http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/turkey/927/WSCR.html Woodside & South Croydon railway]
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/bingham_road/index.shtml Bingham Road Station] pages at Subterranea Britannica