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New Addington tram cancellations roll into yet another week
Croydon’s part-time Mayor calls for ULEZ income to be used for improvements to public transport New Addington continues to be hit by Transport for London’s tram rolling stock crisis. There has now been no service on all or part of … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, New Addington North, New Addington South, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Beckenham Junction, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, East Croydon, London, London Tramlink, London Trams, New Addington, TfL, Transport for London, Wimbledon
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TfL cancels all trams to New Addington in rolling stock crisis
Croydon’s tram network appears to be on the brink of complete operational collapse. At less than half-an-hour’s notice last night, Transport for London issued an announcement that the entire network was to shutdown at 7pm “to enable repair works to … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Beckenham Junction, Croydon, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, East Croydon, London, London Tramlink, London Trams, New Addington, TfL, Transport for London, Wimbledon
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Two-thirds of tram fleet out of service due to wheel damage
Londoners are enduring massive travel disruption, with a national rail strike and M25 motorway closure, and now the tram network is struggling to provide a regular service Croydon’s trams, on the day that services were meant to return to “normal” … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Beckenham Junction, Croydon Trams, East Croydon, London Trams, New Addington, TfL, Therapia Lane, Trams, Transport for London, Wimbledon
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East Croydon plaque to get you on track for the Vanguard Way
For the avoidance of any doubt (if ever there was any), East Croydon Station now has a new sign, designating it as the official starting point of the Vanguard Way, the 66-mile walkers’ route “from the suburbs to the sea”. … Continue reading
Feeling the heat as residents are stung with 775% price hike
Last week, we highlighted how steepling service charges and ground rents are hitting shared ownership mortgage-holders. Here, East Croydon resident HARRY KIND, pictured left, reveals that leaseholders are facing punitive increases on their energy bills Have you ever been to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, East Croydon, Fairfield, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged East Croydon, Harry Kind, Heat network, Residential Management Group, RMG, Ruskin Square, Vita
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The Glam’s not just a pub: it’s heritage, it’s community, it’s IPA
Tomorrow, at The Cricketers on Addiscombe Road, there’s a day-and-night-long ‘lock-in’ from 4pm to midnight, called ‘(Pub)lic House’, to celebrate Croydon pub culture, that will include music, workshops and a film screening led by PHOEBE WAGNER and her father, ROGER … Continue reading
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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Residents’ fury as developers bid to demolish Glamorgan pub
Residents and councillors in Addiscombe and East Croydon are furious that property owners have sneaked in a planning application to demolish a long-disused pub and build an eight-storey block of flats in its place. The Save The Glamorgan Campaign has … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Clive Fraser, Community associations, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Patricia Hay-Justice, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sean Fitzsimons
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Cherry Orchard Road, Clive Fraser, East Croydon, Save The Glamorgan Campaign, The Glamorgan
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Youth charities to benefit as Wates finish off 2 Ruskin Square
The Government Property Agency has appointed Wates to carry out the fit-out of 2 Ruskin Square at East Croydon, with the building firm undertaking to work with local youth and anti-crime groups while they are working on the project. Ruskin … Continue reading
Posted in Business, East Croydon, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged 2 Ruskin Square, Apollo House, East Croydon, Government Property Agency, GPA, HMRC, Home Office, Lunar House, Ruskin Square, Wates
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Bridge to Nowhere could finally be about to stage a grand exit
Could it be that, at long last, after several false dawns, a piece of vital public infrastructure, costing £22million when it was built more than a decade ago, might finally get its long-awaited finishing touch? In so many ways, the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, East Croydon, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Transport
Tagged Bridge to Nowhere, Cherry Orchard Road, Clarion Housing Group, Conservative, Crescent Gardens, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta, Morello Quarter, Tory
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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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Scaffolding goes up on unsafe building – after storm damage
Scaffolding has gone up around the long-derelict Drum and Monkey pub which was badly damaged in fire last summer and which lost tiles and masonry in the gale-force winds of last week’s Storm Henk. The scaffolding has appeared since Inside … Continue reading
Pensions workers raise over £3,000 for Lives Not Knives charity
Staff at the East Croydon-based Pension Protection Fund raised more than £3,000 over the past year while also holding a gift appeal for local charity Lives Not Knives to support their work engaging, educating and empowering disadvantaged youngsters. The PPF … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Lives Not Knives
Tagged charity, Christmas, Croydon, East Croydon, Lives Not Knives, LNK, Pension Protection Fund, PPF
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Storm Ciarán: Met caution as more bad weather yet to come
The Met Office and major rail operators have advised Londoners to stay at home and avoid travel unless absolutely necessary, as the south coast braces itself for further gales later today and into Friday. Storm Ciarán is the third major … Continue reading
No trams to New Addington or Beckenham in half-term week
Another school holiday coming up means another closure to a large section of Croydon’s tram network for more “essential” engineering works. Transport for London has confirmed that from Saturday October 21 until Sunday October 29 – half-term week – there … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Beckenham Junction, Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, East Croydon, Elmers End, London Tramlink, New Addington, TfL, Transport for London, Wimbledon
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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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Planning Inspector gives green light to another 28-storey tower
The NLA Tower, the Richard Seifert and Partners-designed “50p Building” that has come to symbolise central Croydon, is to be overlooked by a 28-storey block (another one), after the council lost yet another case at the Planning Inspectorate. Wittington Investments … Continue reading
Council planners agreed to the removal of admired public art
BOROUGH OF THE BANAL: Croydon’s professional planners had an opportunity to insist on the retention of a significant artwork, but approved its removal for something they said would ‘enhance’ the appearance of an East Croydon office block. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN … Continue reading
Posted in AMP House, Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Chris Clark, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, History, Nicola Townsend, Property
Tagged 20th Century Society, AMP House, Australian Mutual Provident, Croydon, Croydon Council, Cultural Quarter, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Humanity Relief, John Grindrod
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Serious concern raised over brutal end to town centre artwork
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES There’s growing concerns and “disappointment” that Croydon, the 2023 Borough of Culture, has managed to lose yet another significant piece of public artwork, right from under the noses of the council. A much-admired, mid-20th Century frieze … Continue reading
Posted in AMP House, Art, Borough of Culture 2023, Business, Chris Clark, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, History, Property, Ria Patel, Stiles Harold Williams, Whitgift Centre
Tagged 20th Century Society, AMP House, Croydon, Croydon Council, Cultural Quarter, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Humanity Relief, John Grindrod, Richard Plant, Stiles Harold Williams, Whitgift Centre
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TfL and TOL fined £14m for failures that led to tram crash
‘This was undoubtedly an accident waiting to happen, quite literally’ said the Old Bailey judge when handing down the sentences to Transport for London and First Group’s Tram Operations Ltd The operators of the Croydon tram network were today handed … Continue reading
TfL and TOL facing Old Bailey sentencing over 2016 tram crash
The three-day hearing at the Old Bailey sentencing of the operators of the tram system for their part in the 2016 Sandilands tram crash began yesterday by hearing victim impact statements. Seven died and 21 were badly hurt in the … Continue reading
‘The camera cannot record the overpowering smell of urine’
Inside Croydon receives news tips and photographs from loyal readers from across the borough, and we try to make good use of the material you present us with. Yesterday, into the inbox of the Inside Croydon email came the following, … Continue reading
Engineering works on tram network extended until Monday
The engineering works that have seen part of the London Tram network in central Croydon closed since the start of the Easter weekend will not be completed on schedule, with the closures now extended to next Monday, April 17. Transport … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, TfL, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon Tramlink, Croydon Trams, East Croydon, London Tramlink, London Trams, reeves corner, TfL, Transport for London, Wandle Park, Wimbledon
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Developers sell latest East Croydon office block for £267m
At least one development project in Croydon town centre has managed to be completed ‘on time and under budget’ Schroders, the investors behind the Ruskin Square development next to East Croydon Station, have sold their latest office block in a … Continue reading
