Category Archives: East Croydon

Pidgeon critical of TfL plan to shorten 11 Croydon bus routes

Posted on January 17, 2019 by

A London Assembly Member has joined local community passenger groups in accusing Transport for London of having already accepted tenders for some of the 11 routes through central Croydon which are set to be curtailed and shortened. TfL’s consultation on … Continue reading →

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£150m property deal could spell end for Victoria Coach Station

Posted on January 12, 2019 by

Londoners who have for decades benefited from having the capital’s coach travel hub based centrally, look set to suffer a massive inconvenience at the start of their journeys in future, if the land owners get their way and flog off … Continue reading →

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TfL has agreed tenders to shorten 11 town centre bus routes

Posted on January 11, 2019 by

Croydon and Sutton’s largest public transport passenger group has issued a withering demolition of TfL’s proposals to shorten bus routes through Croydon town centre, as JEREMY CLACKSON reports Transport for London’s plan to shorten 11 bus routes through Croydon town … Continue reading →

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All change, as TfL consults on two bus routes for Cane Hill

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

Hold very tight please… our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, has news of more changes to local bus services Transport for London public consultations are a bit like their buses… you wait for ages for one, and then two come along … Continue reading →

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Designers of flawed Bridge To Nowhere now hired by council

Posted on January 5, 2019 by

Inside Croydon reported last week how the £22million Bridge To Nowhere, at East Croydon Station, may be demolished before it is ever completed. Given some serious reservations about the way it was designed and built, that may not be an … Continue reading →

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The last 12 months told through Inside Croydon reports

Posted on December 31, 2018 by

So how was it for you dear? As 2018 draws to an end, we rifle through the past year’s archive to highlight what Inside Croydon’s loyal reader was reading about most JANUARY: Council ‘Godfather’ is made an offer he can’t … Continue reading →

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#RailRevolution: activists join forces to protest 3% fare rise

Posted on December 31, 2018 by

Sick of rising rail fares and chaotic commuting? Tired of the endless tinkering with our broken privatised railway system? On Wednesday, just as rail fares across the country go up by an inflation-busting 3.1 per cent – following 12 months … Continue reading →

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