Tramlink route 5

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Route 5
Overview
System Tramlink
Operator London Tramlink
Depot Therapia Lane
Route
Locale Croydon, England
Start Crystal Palace
End West Croydon
Service
Level Daily (six trams per hour)
Frequency About every 8 minutes (proposed)

Tramlink Route 5 was a proposed tram route that would have been operated as part of the Tramlink network in south London. The route would have been operated by Transport for London.

Tramlink light rail system in London, United Kingdom

London Trams, previously Tramlink and Croydon Tramlink, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England. It began operation in 2000, the first tram system in London since 1952. It is owned by London Trams, an arm of Transport for London (TfL), and operated by Tram Operations Ltd. a subsidiary of FirstGroup.

Transport for London local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London

Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for the transport system in Greater London, England. Its head office is 55 Broadway in the City of Westminster.

Contents

Background

The proposed route would have linked Harrington Road stop with Crystal Palace, and Crystal Palace directly with Beckenham Junction, both terminating at Crystal Palace Parade. [1] There were three options on how to get to the Parade: on-street, off-street and a mixture of the two. After consultation in 2006 the off-street option was favoured, with trams running along existing railway as far as Crystal Palace Station, and then running round the western edge of Crystal Palace Park (within the current park's perimeter) to the bus terminus near the parade. The planned extension was cancelled due to a lack of funding in 2000. The plans were revived shortly after Boris Johnson's re-election as London mayor in May 2012 but six months later the plan was cancelled again. [2]

Crystal Palace, London Residential area in London, United Kingdom

Crystal Palace is an area in South London, England, named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building which stood in the area from 1854 until it was destroyed by fire in 1936. Approximately 7 miles southeast of Charing Cross, it includes one of the highest points in London, at 367 feet (112 m), offering views over the capital. The area has no defined boundaries and straddles five London boroughs and three postal districts, although there is a Crystal Palace electoral ward and Crystal Palace Park in the London Borough of Bromley. It is contiguous with Anerley, Dulwich Wood, Gipsy Hill, Penge, South Norwood, Sydenham and Upper Norwood.

Crystal Palace railway station railway station

Crystal Palace railway station is a Network Rail and London Overground station in the London Borough of Bromley in south London. It is located in the Anerley area between the town centres of Crystal Palace and Penge, 8 miles 56 chains (14.0 km) from London Victoria. It is one of two stations built to serve the site of the 1851 exhibition building, the Crystal Palace, when it was moved from Hyde Park to Sydenham Hill after 1851.

Crystal Palace Park Victorian pleasure ground in Crystal Palace, Bromley, London

Crystal Palace Park is a Victorian pleasure ground, used for cultural and sporting events. It is located in the south-east London suburb of Crystal Palace, which was in turn named after the Crystal Palace Exhibition building, which had been moved from Hyde Park, London after the 1851 Great Exhibition and rebuilt with some modifications and enlargements to form the centrepiece of the pleasure ground, before being destroyed by fire in 1936. The park features full-scale models of dinosaurs in a landscape, a maze, lakes, and a concert bowl.

Current Route

A tram at the Beckenham Junction terminus for Route 2 Beckenham Junction tramstop look west with Tram 2543.JPG
A tram at the Beckenham Junction terminus for Route 2
Route 5 (proposed)
Beckenham Junction station combined railway station and a tram terminus in Beckenham, Bromley, London

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Beckenham Road tram stop

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Then back to Penge Road

Harrington Road tram stop

Harrington Road tram stop is a light rail stop in South Norwood in the London Borough of Croydon in the southern suburbs of London. Harrington Road is in a residential area, and along with Woodside tram stop is the nearest tram stop to the town of South Norwood. Beckenham Cemetery lies immediately to the east and there is an entrance immediately adjacent to the tramstop.

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Then to East Croydon and back to Beckenham Junction or Crystal Palace

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References

  1. "Croydon Tramlink extension to Crystal Palace". Lambeth Council Website. Lambeth Council. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
  2. Austen, Ian (7 December 2012). "Crystal Palace Tramlink extension not backed by Boris Johnson despite manifesto". Croydon Advertiser. Retrieved 19 August 2013.