NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tramlink

Tramlink (initially known as Croydon Tramlink) is a public transport tramway in south London, operated by FirstGroup on behalf of Transport for London. Tramlink meets National Rail lines at a number of stations, but because it runs in an area relatively under-served by the London Underground (one of the reasons for its creation), its only interchange with the Underground is at Wimbledon. The system, centred on Croydon, began operation in May 2000. This article is about the year 2000. ... Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ... A low-floor Flexity Swift tram in Cologne. ... Transport for London (TfL) is a government body responsible for the transport system in the City of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. ... The Tube redirects here. ... The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured brown on the Tube map. ... In medicine, a central (venous) line (or central venous catheter) is a catheter placed into a large vein. ... The Circle Line of the London Underground became known as such in 1949, when it was separated from its parent lines, the Metropolitan Line and the District Line, although it had been shown on Underground maps since 1947. ... The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ... The East London Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured orange on the Tube map. ... The Hammersmith and City Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the Tube map, running between Hammersmith and Aldgate East, extending to Barking in the rush hours. ... The Jubilee Line is a line on the London Underground, coloured silver grey on the Tube map. ... The Metropolitan Line is part of the London Underground. ... The Northern Line is a deep-level tube line of the London Underground, coloured black on the Tube map. ... The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... The Victoria Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured light blue on the Tube map. ... The Waterloo & City Line is a short underground metro line in London, formally opened on 11 July 1898. ... The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light-rail public transport metro for the redeveloped Docklands area of eastern London, England. ... Skytrain Bangkok. ... Luas - tram system in Dublin, Ireland Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden on a section of grassed track. ... South London is the area of Greater London south of the River Thames. ... First Group PLC (LSE: FGP) is a British transport company operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and North America, with headquarters in Aberdeen in Scotland. ... Transport for London (TfL) is a government body responsible for the transport system in the City of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. ... National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). ... The Tube redirects here. ... Wimbledon station is a National Rail, London Underground, and Tramlink station located in Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. ... Croydon is a major suburban town and commercial centre situated 9. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in May, 2000. ...

Trams

Tramlink is operated with articulated low-floor Flexity Swift CR-4000 trams built by Bombardier Transportation in Vienna. The fleet is currently 24 strong, with one more planned. The trams are based on the very similar class K-4000 built for use on Köln's low-platform routes. Passenger door of a low-floor tram Passenger door of a non-low-floor tram In public transportation, low floor is a term describing vehicles such as busses, trolleybusses and trams whose passenger compartment has a floor which is considerably lower than that of traditional cars. ... A low-floor Flexity Swift tram in Cologne. ... Luas - tram system in Dublin, Ireland Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden on a section of grassed track. ... Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ... Vienna (German: Wien [viËn]; Slovenian: Dunaj, Croatian and Serbian: BeÄ Romanian: Viena, Hungarian: BÃ©cs, Czech: VÃdeÅˆ, Slovak: ViedeÅˆ, Romany Vidnya;) Vienna is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Cologne Cathedral with Hohenzollern Bridge Cologne (German: (helpÂ· info) [kÅ“ln]; KÃ¶lsch: KÃ¶lle) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of...

The CR-4000 trams are six-axle single-articulated double-ended cars with four doors on each side. The low floor stretches between both the outer doors through the articulation (which rests on an unpowered bogie/truck). Between the outer door and each car end is a higher-floor section, accessed up a step and situated over the car's two power bogies. The low-floor section is 400 mm above rail-level, sloping down to 350 mm in the doorways, a height which matches the platforms at tram stops, and each car has two wheelchair positions. A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ... Wheelchair seating in a theater A lightweight manual wheelchair A wheelchair is a medical device that takes the form of a chair on wheels, used by people for whom walking is difficult or impossible due to illness or disability. ...

Each car is 30.1 m long and 2.65 m wide and has 70 seats and a total capacity of just over 200 passengers. They operate from an overhead power supply at 750 volts DC, and have a maximum speed of 80 km/h (50 mph). Each tram has an integral traction braking controller with deadman's trigger. The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... The volt is the SI derived unit for electric potential and voltage (derived from the ampere and watt). ... Direct current (DC or continuous current) is the continuous flow of electricity through a conductor such as a wire from high to low potential. ... This article is about the railway failsafe device, for the more general use, see dead mans switch A dead-mans control (Also: controller, switch, pedal, or handle) is a mechanical, electro-mechanical or electronic device designed to stop a railroad train in the event the train operator acts...

The trams are numbered beginning at 2530, continuing from the highest-numbered tram on London's former network. Image File history File links Croydon_tramlink. ... Image File history File links Croydon_tramlink. ...

The opening of the Centrale tram stop adds time to the timetable, therefore needing an extra tram. Currently Tramlink uses one of the four spare trams but TfL say they will need to purchase an extra tram to sustain punctuality.

Routes

Tramlink is not shown on a standard tube map but is shown on the "London connections" map. Tramlink consists of a mixture of street track shared with other vehicles, dedicated track within the street, and off-street track. The off-street track includes new rights-of-way, former railway lines, and one section which shares the right-of-way (though not track) with an third-rail electrified Network Rail line. Image File history File links TramlinkMap. ... Tube map is the commonly used name for the schematic diagram that represents the lines, stations, and zones of the London Underground. ... Third rail at the West Falls Church Metro stop in the Washington, D.C. area, electrified to 750 volts. ... Network Rails logo Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee that owns the fixed assets of that part of the British railway system that formerly belonged to British Rail, the now-defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ...

All stops on Tramlink consist of low platforms at a height of 350mm above rail level, which matches the tram floor level at the doors. Stops are unstaffed and have automated ticket machines for ticket sales. In general, access between the platforms involves crossing the tracks by pedestrian level crossing.

Route 1 (yellow)

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Then to East Croydon and back to Elmers End Centrale is a shopping centre in Croydon, south London. ... West Croydon station is a key transport interchange for National Rail, Tramlink and London Buses services in south London. ...

Route 2 (red)

Then to East Croydon and back to Beckenham Junction Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 856 KB) The eastern terminus of Tramlink line 2 at Beckenham Junction in South London. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 856 KB) The eastern terminus of Tramlink line 2 at Beckenham Junction in South London. ... Beckenham Junction station is an important railway station and a tram terminus in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley, South London The station is found at the end of the towns high street. ... Birkbeck station, is located on Elmers End Road (A214) road, in the London Borough of Bromley; and opposite opposite Beckenham Crematorium. ... Arena tram station is a stop on the Tramlink in the Woodside area of South Norwood. ... Woodside station is a former railway station that now has Tramlink services. ... East Croydon station is a railway station and tram stop in Croydon. ... Centrale is a shopping centre in Croydon, south London. ... West Croydon station is a key transport interchange for National Rail, Tramlink and London Buses services in south London. ...

On Sundays, route 2 services are extended to Wimbledon via route 1 to give shorter headways on the Wimbledon line. Wimbledon station is a National Rail, London Underground, and Tramlink station located in Wimbledon in the London Borough of Merton. ...

Route 3 (green)

Then to East Croydon and back to New Addington Tramlink stop at East Croydon railway station - London, England (27 April 2004) File links The following pages link to this file: Tramlink London Borough of Croydon East Croydon station Flexity Swift Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Europe/United Kingdom/Cities/London/Croydon ... Tramlink stop at East Croydon railway station - London, England (27 April 2004) File links The following pages link to this file: Tramlink London Borough of Croydon East Croydon station Flexity Swift Wikipedia:List of images/Places/Europe/United Kingdom/Cities/London/Croydon ... Addington Palace is a largely 18th-century Palace in Addington near Croydon, south London. ... East Croydon station is a railway station and tram stop in Croydon. ... Centrale is a shopping centre in Croydon, south London. ... West Croydon station is a key transport interchange for National Rail, Tramlink and London Buses services in south London. ...

Former lines re-used

From Elmers End to Woodside, Tramlink routes 1 and 2 follow the former British Rail branch line from Elmers End towards a now-demolished Addiscombe station (500 metres west from the present tram station of the same name). At Woodside, the old station buildings are still visible but disused, and the original platforms have been demolished to make way for accessible low platforms, in common with the rest of the system (except Elmers End, and Wimbledon, which continue to use their old respective branch line platforms). From Woodside to Sandilands (Routes 1 & 2) and from Sandilands almost to Lloyd Park (Route 3), Tramlink follows the route of the Woodside and South Croydon Railway. This includes the Park Hill (or Sandilands) tunnels. Route 2 also runs parallel to the Crystal Palace to Beckenham loop line of the Southern network between Birkbeck and Beckenham Junction, the National Rail track having been singled. Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... The Woodside and South Croydon Railway was a short, relatively short-lived and unsuccessful railway in what is now the London Borough of Croydon in Surrey, England. ... Southern is the latest name of the train operating company that took over from Connex South Central on the routes to South London, Surrey, and Sussex from Victoria and London Bridge. ... Birkbeck Birkbeck (sometimes still called Birkbeck College) is a College of the University of London. ... National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). ...

From near Phipps Bridge to near Reeves Corner, the route follows that of the Surrey Iron Railway. This gives Tramlink a claim to be, in a sense, one of the world's oldest tramways! Tramway Path beside Mitcham tram stop had its name long before Tramlink. A partial obstruction of the route near this point has necessitated the use of gauntlet track. The Surrey Iron Railway (SIR) linked Wandsworth in south London and Croydon in Surrey via Mitcham. ... The description page on the Commons links here - no point in clicking. ...

A Victorian footbridge beside Waddon New Road had to be demolished to make way for the flyover that takes Tramlink over the West Croydon to Sutton railway line. The footbridge has been re-erected at Corfe Castle on the Swanage Railway. West Croydon station is a key transport interchange for rail, Tramlink and bus services in West Croydon in the London Borough of Croydon. ... Sutton railway station is the main station for Sutton in South London. ... Corfe Castle from the south Corfe village and castle Corfe Castle, in Dorset, England, is a small village and ruined castle situated in a gap in the Purbeck Hills five miles south of Wareham. ... Swanage station is decorated with railway memorabilia. ...

Projected extensions

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External links

Categories: Croydon | Electric railways | Light rail | Trams in London | Tram transport in the United Kingdom Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro... The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light-rail public transport metro for the redeveloped Docklands area of eastern London, England. ... A train arrives at West Street station. ... The Tube redirects here. ... The Mersey Railway Tunnel, between Liverpool and Birkenhead, was opened in 1886 and was the first tunnel to be built below the River Mersey. ... The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail metro system based around Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, in the Tyne and Wear county of north-east England. ... Luas - tram system in Dublin, Ireland Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden on a section of grassed track. ... The Blackpool tramway is the only surviving first-generation tramway in Britain, dating back to 1885. ... A Metrolink Tram in Manchester city centre. ... A Midland Metro tram The Midland Metro is a light-rail tram system in the West Midlands of England. ... A tram in downtown Nottingham. ... The Sheffield Supertram is a tram network in Sheffield, England. ...

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