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Network Rail buys derelict Royal Mail depot at East Croydon
The old Royal Mail building and Volkswagen site next to East Croydon Station have been bought by Network Rail, as part of plans, as they put it, “to unblock the London-to-Brighton railway bottleneck”. The former sorting office site has had … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Property, Transport
Tagged Croydon Bottleneck, East Croydon station, Network Rail, Royal Mail, Selhurst Triangle
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East Croydon’s ‘Bridge To Nowhere’ may never be completed
In an example of how public infrastructure planning functions and a demonstration of the legal negotiation skills of the transport and council authorities, a £22million public works project could be demolished before it is ever completed. Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Transport
Tagged Croydon Bottleneck, East Croydon station, Network Rail, Southern Rail, TfL, Transport for London
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Railway plans could blight Selhurst properties for five years
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on first reactions to proposals for infrastucture works to unblock the Croydon Bottleneck Homes and properties along Gloucester Road, the Tait Road industrial estate, Swan Close and Lambert’s Place all seem likely to be subject … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Selhurst, Transport
Tagged Croydon Bottleneck, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Network Rail, Selhurst
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39 trains are stopped in the Croydon Bottleneck in two hours
Anyone who has ever taken a train to or from East Croydon must have experienced it. The London-bound train they have just boarded pulls away from the station, only to slow to a stop for no apparent reason. Or you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Selhurst, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Bottleneck, East Croydon station, Network Rail, Selhurst
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