By GIANELLA A BASILE

Tram replacement: there was little information available, nor any timetable for the buses at New Addington today

There’s been yet more disruption for tram passengers trying to get to or from New Addington, though today’s lack of service was unscheduled, following what Transport for London described as “an overhead line fault”.

Inside Croydon has reported recently on the withdrawal of services due to planned engineering works, and the disconnect suffered by New Addington residents when the tram service is not operating.

Today, transport officials posted a sign at the New Addington tram stop: “Due to an overhead line fault, there is no service between Sandilands and New Addington.

“Please use local buses to continue your journey.”

The fault which put the trams out of service is understood to have been first noticed this morning, before the daily rush hour.

There were some buses arriving in New Addington, at irregular intervals, marked as providing an alternative means to travel into Croydon, but no information was provided at the tram stop for passengers.

As with the transport chaos last month, when trams were out of service and a burst water main affected the replacement bus service route, there was no way for passengers to find out direct information of the available transport options.

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