Tag Archives: West Croydon station

Add energy to your garden skills with West Croydon workshops

Posted on July 7, 2017 by

Volunteers who have helped to create an energy garden on the platforms of West Croydon Station are staging a series of workshops on gardening, both to help maintain and enhance the communal garden at the station, but also offering a … Continue reading →

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Commuter group calls on transport ministry to act on Southern

Posted on October 19, 2016 by

An organisation representing rail commuters has begun circulating a poster showing a picture of the overcrowded platforms at East Croydon Station as part of an appeal to DafT, the Department for Transport, to intervene to resolve the dispute between Southern … Continue reading →

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‘Normal’ service is resumed, but 2018 plans are incomplete

Posted on September 22, 2016 by

A consultation on supposed “improvements” to Southern and Thameslink train services, and those on Transport for London’s Overground, appear to have wiped Gipsy Hill and Thornton Heath stations from the rail maps, while muddling several existing services. JEREMY CLACKSON, our … Continue reading →

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Croydon really is ‘put on the map’ with latest Tube guide

Posted on May 27, 2016 by

It is undoubtedly one of the laziest and nonsensical of cliches – “putting Croydon on the map”. Which is probably why we hear it used so often by local politicians and attention-seekers. Because, of course, Croydon has been on maps … Continue reading →

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Mayor Khan to extend one-hour Hopper fares to tram network

Posted on May 17, 2016 by

The Croydon tram network is preparing itself to be included in the one-hour Hopper fare scheme when it is introduced by Transport for London in September. Last week, Labour’s new Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan announced the Hopper scheme, which … Continue reading →

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How to gridlock Croydon in 100 million easy moves

Posted on July 10, 2015 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: London’s Tory Mayor Boris Johnson, with Labour-run Croydon Council and through Transport for London, has earmarked more than £100 million for road schemes and to re-configure the tram system in the town centre, all for the sake of … Continue reading →

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MP Philp: ‘Southern Rail’s service is totally unacceptable’

Posted on July 8, 2015 by

CHRIS PHILP, the MP for Croydon South, is promising commuters that he will continue to pressure the train operators to deliver an adequate service on lines into London This morning I spoke in a Westminster Hall debate about the appalling … Continue reading →

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