Addiscombe tram stop

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Addiscombe
Addiscombe tram stop, viewed from the Bingham Road end.
Location
Place	Addiscombe
Local authority	London Borough of Croydon
Operations
Managed by	Tramlink
Platforms in use	2
Date opened	2000
Transport for London
Zone	5
Transport for London

Coordinates: 51°22′48″N 0°04′24″W / 51.379872, -0.073222 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:^[1]

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):^[1]

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 situated nearby, to the south of Bingham Road. The same railway's Addiscombe station was located on a branch line, about 500 metres to the west.^[2]

Preceding tram stop		Tramlink		Following tram stop
Sandilands towards Wellesley Road		Route 1		Blackhorse Lane towards Elmers End
Sandilands towards Wellesley Road		Route 2		Blackhorse Lane towards Beckenham Junction

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Buses and trams from Addiscombe. Transport for London. Retrieved on 2007-02-01.
^ Gent, John B.. Croydon's Transport Through the Ages. Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society Ltd. ISBN 090604717X.