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New Addington continues to be hit by Transport for London’s tram rolling stock crisis.
There has now been no service on all or part of the tram network for 10 weeks out of 20 in 2024, and New Addington and the Elmers End branch line have been affected by most of those planned “essential” engineering works or emergency withdrawals of service.
Inside Croydon reported last week that just eight trams from the fleet of 34 were still able to operate because of what TfL said was wheel damage caused by debris on the tracks. That was prior to the transport authority issuing a late notification that the entire network was to shutdown at 7pm each evening from last Thursday through to Sunday “to enable repair works to happen as quickly as possible”.
Then, there was the prospect held out that something closer to a full service would return this morning. But it has not. Continue reading