Bingham Road railway halt

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Bingham Road halt
Location
Place	London Borough of Croydon
History
Platforms	2
Key dates	Opened 1 July 1906 Closed 30 September 1983
Replaced by	Addiscombe tram stop

Map at Victoria station showing it as a "motor halt"

Bingham Road halt was a railway halt in Addiscombe, Croydon at grid reference TQ342662. It was opened on 1 July 1906 by the South Eastern Railway. Two wooden platforms without buildings were constructed, on the south side of Bingham Road, on the embankment of the existing Woodside and South Croydon Railway. The halt closed on 15 March 1915 as a wartime economy measure.

When the Southern Railway electrified the line in 1935 the halt was rebuilt, still without buildings, and was re-opened on 30 September 1935. It was closed finally on 16 May 1983. Croydon Tramlink, which opened in 2000, took the route through Bingham Road Halt albeit at ground level with the embankment removed. Addiscombe tram stop is built on the site of this halt but as it is only required to accommodate trams instead of ten car trains it occupies a smaller area. It is not the site of the former Addiscombe railway station which was located about half a mile to the west of it.

There are excellent views of the former station in the opening sequence of the film The Rebel starring Tony Hancock.