Addiscombe tram stop

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

Not to be confused with Addiscombe railway station.
This article is about the current Croydon Tramlink stop. For the previous British Rail station on this site, see Bingham Road railway station.
Addiscombe
Addiscombe tram stop, viewed from the north.
LocationLower Addiscombe Road,
Croydon
United Kingdom
Operated byTramlink
Platforms2
Construction
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zoneLondon fare zones 3, 4, 5 and 6
History
Opened23 May 2000 (2000-05-23)
Passengers
2009–100.764 million total boardings and alightings[1]
2010–110.889 million total boardings and alightings[2]

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 tram stop is built on the site of Bingham Road Halt on the Woodside and South Croydon Railway which was closed in 1915. A new station Bingham Road opened in 1935 was situated on the other (south) side of Bingham Road but closed in 1983. The same railway's Addiscombe station was located on a branch line, about 500 metres to the west.[3]


Preceding tram stop   Tramlink   Following tram stop
towards Wimbledon
Tramlink
Wimbledon to Beckenham Junction
Tramlink
Wimbledon to Elmers End
towards Elmers End

Connections

London Buses routes 289, 312 and 367 serve the tram stop.[4]

References
  1. "Tram Stop Usage 2009-10 (FOI)" (XLS). Tramlink annual passenger performance 2009-2010. Transport for London. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. "Tramlink numbers 2010-2011" (PDF). Tramlink annual passenger performance 2010-2011. Transport for London. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  3. Gent, John B. Croydon's Transport Through the Ages. Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society Ltd. ISBN 0-906047-17-X.
  4. "Buses and trams from Addiscombe" (PDF). TfL. January 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2020.


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