Category Archives: West Croydon

All change on the buses, as now 412 suffers a service cut

Posted on August 14, 2018 by

Transport for London has just announced another reduction in service to a busy bus route in Croydon. The 412, which runs between West Croydon and Purley, is to be reduced from four buses an hour to three, the change to … Continue reading →

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Network Rail looking for signs of new times at your local station

Posted on August 7, 2018 by

Live near Norwood Junction? How about Coulsdon Town or Thornton Heath? Network Rail is offering neighbours of their south London stations the opportunity to spruce up nearby railway arches with the work of a world-renowned mural painter. Lionel Stanhope is … Continue reading →

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TfL’s budget problems lead to bus cuts for 410 and 433

Posted on July 29, 2018 by

When Jeremy Corbyn used up all his questions to Theresa May at Prime Minister’s Questions earlier this month to highlight the damaging effects on the quality of life of the poor and working class which had suffered swingeing cuts to … Continue reading →

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All change at West Croydon as TfL makes a platform switch

Posted on May 21, 2018 by

Train travellers at West Croydon Station have also been having to deal with an imposed service change today, and one which disability groups say was not adequately consulted and which puts their members at a considerable inconvenience if they need … Continue reading →

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It’s Meltdown Monday as Southern’s new train timetable bites

Posted on May 21, 2018 by

Entirely predictably, Govia Thameslink, the operators in charge of Southern train services, have caused complete chaos with their new timetable, as our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports No one needed to study the works of Nostradamus to predict the train … Continue reading →

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£2,000 per year season ticket and Purley service to get worse

Posted on May 9, 2018 by

Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on the discovery of our loyal reader that finds some serious flaws in the new rail timetable to be implemented in a fortnight’s time The devil, as the over-used saying goes, is always in the … Continue reading →

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Charity Commission launches financial probe into Tabernacle

Posted on May 1, 2018 by

An evangelical church based in West Croydon has been placed under investigation by the Charity Commission and had its bank accounts frozen. The Croydon Tabernacle is the second evangelical church based in Croydon to be placed under formal investigation by … Continue reading →

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