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TfL’s tram scheme will benefit Westfield, but not passengers
Alerted by a report on Inside Croydon, BERNARD WINCHESTER’s research into Transport for London’s proposal for a new Tramlink loop has some troubling conclusions Do you catch the tram from Harrington Road or Beckenham to West Croydon or Surrey Street … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Allders, Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Commuting, Croydon Central, Croydon Greens, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Planning, Property, Surrey Street, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, East Croydon station, London, TfL, Tory, Tram, Tramlink, Transport for London
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Boris’s TfL goes all loopy for Westfield over tram extension
Another day, another public “consultation”, this time brought to us by Transport for London, and about the Croydon trams. No, don’t get too excited: Boris hasn’t suddenly found a few mill down the side of his sofa to pay for … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Commuting, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, Fairfield, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Tory, Tram, Tramlink, Westfield
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Mayor Boris Johnson’s back on familiar track with his tram lies
The witless bumbling of Boris Johnson, the part-time London Mayor, is well known to the people of London Road and the riot victims who were promised much by the Bullingdon Club Old Etonian, but who have received little. But as … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Steve O'Connell, Tramlink, Transport, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London, Tory, Tramlink
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Crystal Palace residents debate park’s future: Apr 30
With the prospect of a large chunk of Crystal Palace Park being handed over to a Chinese developer to build a vast new palace, a group of residents has started The Information Project to publicise the possibilities for the park … Continue reading
Another crap box-ticking exercise from Croydon Council
Thanks to our loyal reader, who has spotted another example of a deeply flawed Croydon Council “consultation”. It is just the latest self-fulfilling “survey” in which questions are posed in order to get exactly the answers which the council requires … Continue reading
Trams v Crystal Palace anniversay celebration game, Sep 1
Posted in Activities, Croydon FC, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Sport
Tagged Croydon, Driving range, England, London, South Norwood, Tram, Tram stop, Tramlink
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Constant congestion cannot be solved by more road schemes
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Responding to Charlotte Davies’s column yesterday on the borough’s secret parking tax, ARFUR TOWCRATE, the Sage of Waddon, offers his view “For a town that has built itself around the demands of the motor car, parking the vehicles … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Cycling, Environment, Health, Housing, Menta Tower, Parking, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Steve O'Connell, Taberner House, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, England, London, Purley London, Steve O'Connell, Tramlink, Westfield
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How to set-up a busy street market in less than 12 months
Compare and contrast. Yesterday, for the second week, a busy and buzzing street market was staged in Crystal Palace, at Haynes Lane, off Westow Street. Around a dozen independent traders, selling locally sourced products, had stalls at the market. More … Continue reading
Tram slams into the buffers at New Addington terminus
A tram has run into the buffers at the New Addington tram terminal this morning. Police were in attendance, but no one appeared to have been seriously injured. The damage to the tram, part of the original Bombardier stock, appeared … Continue reading
Posted in New Addington South, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, London, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Tram, Tramlink
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Here’s an election pledge that Boris now dare not break
Boris Johnson, who four years ago scrapped a costed and funded scheme to build a Tramlink extension to Crystal Palace, this morning paid a flying visit to East Croydon station to have his picture taken alongside a tram with “Crystal … Continue reading
Tram works engineered to deter weekend travel plans
Yet more disruption for people wanting to travel this weekend, as the private companies contracted to conduct engineering work on the Tramlink network concentrate their efforts during daytime on Saturday and Sunday, rather than overnight when the tram system is … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Bromley, Croydon, London, Tramlink, Usain Bolt, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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Hold very tight, please. Ding, ding: All aboard the Boris bus
So, after ordering the new trams that are too long for the Tramlink platforms, now we come to the “new Routemaster” bus with faulty doors… Peter Watts, who writes the excellent London history and culture site The Great Wen, got … Continue reading
Tramlink upgrade goes off the rails at East Croydon
The multi-million pound Tramlink upgrade in central Croydon went well and truly off the tracks this morning, with a derailment opposite East Croydon station. The derailment meant even more disruption for tram users, with the already reduced service now forced … Continue reading
Tramlink platforms to be extended for too-long trams
Tram services in central Croydon will be shut down from tomorrow for a whole week, to allow “upgrade work” to be conducted on the network. The works, we are told, are essential, and include laying 200 metres of new track … Continue reading
The CEO speaks: “Step Change” – or more cuts on the way
Our glorious leader, Croydon chief executive Jon Rouse, continues to use the council’s internal interweb to inspire and encourage his diminishing staff to ever greater levels of performance and sacrifice. And we feel it our duty to bring to a … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse
Tagged Croydon, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Taberner House, Tramlink
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