Addiscombe railway station

Infobox Closed London station
name= Addiscombe


owner = Mid-Kent Railway
locale = London Borough of Croydon
platforms = 2
start = 1 May 1864
end = 31 May 1997
replace=Addiscombe tram stop Addiscombe was a terminus station in the district of Addiscombe (towards east Croydon). It was on Addiscombe Road between Hastings Road and Grant Road. Originally built with three platforms, the station was slowly run down. Towards the end of its life it was only an unstaffed single platform terminus serving as the end of a short branch line to Elmers End station via one other station, Woodside.

History

Opened by the Mid Kent Railway it was part of the South Eastern Railway which became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

The station also underwent several changes of name: :1 April 1864 Station opens as Croydon (Addiscombe Road):1 April 1925 Station renamed Croydon (Addiscombe):28 February 1926 Station renamed Addiscombe (Croydon):13 June 1955 Station renamed Addiscombe :31 May 1997 Station closes

The station was closed in 1997 in preparation for the construction of Tramlink. When Tramlink opened in 2000 it took over the line from Elmers End to Woodside, but then followed the route of the former railway line to Sanderstead which closed in 1983. Addiscombe tram stop is at a different location.

The site of the station was used for housing development (East India Way). Part of the line beyond has become Addiscombe Railway Park.

References

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External links

* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/a/addiscombe/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica Page]
* [http://www.croydon.gov.uk/leisure/parksandopenspaces/parksatoz/addiscomberailpark Croydon Council page on Addiscombe Railway Park]