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Category Archives: West Croydon
Expect railway disruption during engineering works at Easter
Network Rail is planning to conduct wide-ranging engineering works in south London, Surrey, Kent and Sussex over Easter which will see bus replacement services in operation on several routes from Friday, March 29 to Monday, April 1. The works include … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon, East Croydon station, Easter, Network Rail, Purley, Southern, Thameslink, Whyteleafe
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Disruption for six months as Sydenham Road bridge is closed
From the nice people in charge of Britain’s national rail network who once gave us “the wrong kind of snow”, Sydenham Road in central Croydon has become an unannounced and unexpected Low Traffic Neighbourhood, with the abrupt closure of the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Cycling, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Selhurst, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, East Croydon, Network Rail, Selhurst, Sydenham Road
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All change for the Windrush line as Overground gets a re-boot
Croydon commuters using Transport for London’s Overground will today have been travelling on the renamed Windrush line, part of a network rebranding aimed at untangling the orange “spaghetti” of rail lines on London’s iconic Tube map. But the £6.3million exercise … Continue reading
Addiscombe and Old Town roads to close during tram works
The planned two-week closure of a large section of the tram network around Croydon town centre for “essential maintenance works” (they are always essential) also comes with a series of road closures and changes to parking provision in Old Town … Continue reading
Another two weeks of tram closures for ‘essential’ repair works
There’s half-term coming up, so get ready for the annual spring shutdown of (parts of) the Croydon Tram network. The shutdown will cut off West Croydon and East Croydon mainline stations from most of the south London transit network. “Essential … Continue reading
‘Complete drivel’: officials confused by botched bus changes
Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports on the continuing confusion at TfL HQ over where they’ve placed their own bus stops in Croydon town centre Almost a month since Transport for London shuffled its bus stops in Croydon town centre, and … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Bus stops, Croydon, Katharine Street, Park Lane, St George's Walk, TfL, Town Centre, Transport for London
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Labour MP Jones ‘too busy’ for refugees’ latest public meeting
Constituents are beginning to ask awkward questions of the Croydon Central MP, as she can find time to appear with Alastair Campbell and David Lammy, but has blanked a community group. By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Sarah Jones, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon West, Marley King, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Fox, West Croydon
Tagged 2003 invasion of Iraq, Alastair Campbell, Croydon Refugees and New Communities Forum, Croydon West, David Lammy, Dodgy dossier, Fairfield Halls, Gaza, Iraq, Iraq War, Labour, Palestine, Sarah Jones MP, West Croydon
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All change! Confusion reigns as TfL’s bus stop map ‘vanishes’
The switchover of bus stops in Croydon passed off less than smoothly, with dozens of passengers clearly confused by Transport for London’s poorly advertised and executed alterations in the town centre. “When I was walking through there on Saturday, was … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Fairfield, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Bus stops, Croydon, Croydon Flyover, East Croydon, Fell Road, Superloop, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre
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Mayor Perry is told to wait for £18.5m Levelling Up boost
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Business interests in the town centre will benefit from Government cash for cycling and walking schemes. But doubts surround whether Mayor Perry will manage to deliver a six-year-old Labour plan to open up College Green. By our … Continue reading
Posted in Business, College Green, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Waddon, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Department for Levelling Up, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Levelling Up Fund, Matthew Sims, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Paul Scott, Tory, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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No rail services to or from Victoria this weekend due to works
Engineering work is taking place at Victoria Station this weekend, Saturday November 18 and Sunday November 19. There will be no Southern services to or from Victoria, and no Gatwick Express service at all. Replacement buses will run between Clapham … Continue reading
Reclaim Croydon’s free bookshop and café closed by bailiffs
The bailiffs moved in this morning to evict Reclaim Croydon from the former electrical store and failed arts café next to West Croydon Station. Reclaim Croydon had been running the former Matthew’s Yard venue as a free coffee community centre … Continue reading
Posted in Business, West Croydon
Tagged Arch Co, Autonomous Café and Bookshop, Brick by Brick, Maplins, Matthews Yard, Reclaim Croydon, squatters, West Croydon
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LibDems’ 450 bus survey shows election campaign has begun
Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE spots the tell-tale signs of a bit of political opportunism – and valuable data-scraping At a time of global conflicts, humanitarian catastrophe and, here at home, homelessness and cost of living crises, whether a suburban London … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, 2024 London elections, Caroline Pidgeon, Claire Bonham, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, West Croydon
Tagged Caroline Pidgeon, Claire Bonham, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, General Election, General Election 2024, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, TfL, Transport for London
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More closures on tram network for ‘urgent’ track repairs
Transport for London has announced closure of part of the tram network over the course of six days later this week and into next, they say “so essential engineering works can be carried out”. Mark Davis, the general manager for … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon Trams, East Croydon, London Trams, TfL, Transport for London, Wellesley Road, West Croydon
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Residents’ associations join calls to save rail ticket offices
The consultation over the future of the nation’s railway station ticket offices closes on September 1, so there is still time to try to influence the government over its plans to offer only machines for the purchase of tickets. As … Continue reading
Borough of Culture ads are sending passengers up the junction
The latest in the omnishambles that is the £132,000 squandered on “marketing” to promote Croydon’s year as the Borough of Culture has attracted a series of complaints that council signage is now causing confusion for rail passengers at Norwood Junction. … Continue reading
Tory MP urges public to lobby over rail ticket office closures
There are more ticket office closures planned for Croydon South than for any other constituency in Croydon and Sutton. As many as 11 stations in the area are under threat of closure under the controversial proposals. And now the MP … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Croydon South, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon South, Coulsdon Town, Croydon, East Croydon station, Kenley, Purley, Purley Oaks, Rail Delivery Group, Reedham, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Sarah Jones MP, South Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Tory, Waddon, Woodmansterne
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Not so superloopy about our Superloop route into London
BERNARD WINCHESTER stuck his hand out at a request stop on the main road into London and wasn’t altogether impressed by the rebranded bus that pulled up If you have been travelling on the 468 bus this week, you may … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Bernard Winchester, Croydon, Russell Square, SL6, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon
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Deceit over ticket office closures is taking all of us for a ride
Any claim that the closure of ticket offices on our railways will somehow improve passenger service is intended to mislead, says ANDREW FISHER Yesterday’s announcement by the privatised rail industry of the plans to close almost 1,000 ticket offices across … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Commuting, East Croydon, Norwood Junction, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Department for Transport, East Croydon station, Labour, Norwood Junction, Purley, Rail Delivery Group, RDG, South Norwood, Southern Railways, Tory, Transport for London, Waddon
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Tories move to shut ticket offices at 1,000 railway stations
The Tory government, in the final throes of its catastrophic administration, has decided to end its days in a headlong battle with the rail unions, after imposing the closure of almost all of England’s station ticket offices. The move has … Continue reading
Work and art are helping railway worker cope with her PTSD
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. Here, railway worker and West Croydon resident TRACEY FULLER shares her story of how she has found ways of managing her own ill-health Tracey Fuller had a difficult upbringing and faced traumas that … Continue reading
Posted in Health, West Croydon
Tagged Govia Thameslink, GTR, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness Week, Tracey Fuller, West Croydon
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Walker sentenced to 19 years for murder of Jermaine Cools
The killer of a 14-year-old boy on London Road in 2021 is ‘a habitual knife carrier’ who six weeks before the murder was arrested on a bus in Croydon and found to be in possession of ‘a very large zombie-style … Continue reading
Church leaders spent £95,000 charity cash on foreign holidays
The pastor of an evangelical church that used to stage its services in Croydon’s Fairfield Halls has been banned from acting as a charity trustee for 10 years after an official investigation found ‘serious misconduct and mismanagement, including misuse of … Continue reading
17-year-old pleads guilty to the murder of Jermaine Cools
The teenager who stabbed to death 14-year-old Jermaine Cools on London Road, West Croydon, in November 2021, yesterday appeared at the Old Bailey where he entered a guilty plea. Cools was the youngest of five Croydon teens that were killed … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, West Croydon
Tagged Jermaine Cools, Julius Cools, knife crime, London Road, West Croydon, youth knife crime
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Town centre stations should be the focus for future vision
With more shops closing and others reducing their floor space in the run-down Whitgift Centre, ANDREW PELLING looks east for solutions to address the town centre’s retail decline The continued loss of retail outlets in Croydon comes as high street … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Andrew Pelling, Boxpark, Business, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Planning, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Nestle Tower, St George's Walk, Tory, West Croydon station, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Man is saved from roof of house in West Croydon blaze
Four fire engines and around 25 firefighters tackled a house fire on Oakfield Road, West Croydon, this morning. Part of the ground floor of a semi-detached house was damaged by fire. Firefighters using a ladder rescued one man from the … Continue reading
Posted in London Fire Brigade, West Croydon
Tagged LFB, London Fire Brigade, West Croydon
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