NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Woodside and South Croydon Railway

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 London, England. Its site is now largely occupied by Croydon Tramlink. The London Borough of Croydon is a London borough in South London and part of Outer London. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area â€“ Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 kmÂ² Population â€“ Total (mid-2004) â€“ Total (2001 Census) â€“ Density Ranked 1st... a Tramlink Tram Tramlink (until recently known as Croydon Tramlink) is a public transport system in south London, operated by FirstGroup on behalf of Transport for London. ...

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Woodside station	347 671	Junction with the Addiscombe branch of the South Eastern Railway. Now Woodside tram stop. Tramlink follows most of the route of the railway from here to Coombe Road.
	343 669	Blackhorse Lane tram stop
Bingham Road halt	342 662	The railway was on an embankment here and crossed over Lower Addiscombe Road and Bingham Road on bridges. The embankment has been removed and Tramlink crosses both these roads on the level. The halt was just south of Bingham Road; Addiscombe tram stop is between Lower Addiscombe Road and Bingham Road. (Addiscombe railway station was about 500 m west - East India Way has been built on its site.)
	341 657	About 200 m east of Sandilands tram stop, the Tramlink route from central Croydon divides. One line takes a sharp turn northwards to join the route of the railway in the direction of Woodside (and from there to Elmers End and Beckenham Junction). The other line turns southward in the direction of Coombe Road (and from there to New Addington).
	339 652	Park Hill tunnels under Radcliffe Road and Deepdene Avenue
Coombe Road station originally called Coombe Lane	335 646	At this point Tramlink takes a sharp turn east and reaches Lloyd Park tram stop after about 200 m. (Coombe Lane tram stop is about 2 km further east.)
Spencer Road halt	333 643	Hidden in an alleyway between Spencer Road and Birdhurst Rise. The railway company hoped that this halt would enable passengers to change to the Brighton Line by taking the ten-minute walk to South Croydon station - very few did. The footbridge is still in use some 70 years after the halt closed.
Selsdon station originally called Selsdon Road	329 637	Junction with the Oxted Line, the former Croydon, Oxted and East Grinstead Railway. The W&SC platforms here are still intact, as is the spur that leads to the old goods yard and oil storage depot.

The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Woodside station is a former railway station that now has Tramlink services. ... The London and Greenwich Railway (LGR), together with the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway (CWR) in East Kent were the earliest railways to serve the then county of Kent: eventually both became parts of the South Eastern Railway (SER). ... Tramlink (initially known as Croydon Tramlink) is a public transport tramway in south London, operated by FirstGroup on behalf of Transport for London. ... Elmers End station is a railway station and tram terminus in Elmers End in South London. ... Beckenham Junction station is an important railway station and a tram terminus in Beckenham in south London. ... New Addington is a place in the London Borough of Croydon. ... The Brighton Main Line is the railway line from London Victoria and London Bridge to Brighton. ... South Croydon railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London. ... The Oxted Line is a railway line in southern England. ...

History

The line closed in 1917, reopened and electrified in 1935, closed in 1983.

External links

A page about the railway from Transport of Delight
Bingham Road halt and other details from Subterranea Britannica

UK railway stations

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Results from FactBites:

BIGpedia - London Borough of Croydon - Encyclopedia and Dictionary Online (2757 words)
	Croydon is a large suburban town and commercial centre to the south of London and forms part of the Greater London conurbation.
	The lake at South Norwood is the former reservoir for the canal.
	Croydon Clocktower, built by Croydon Council in the mid-1990s, houses a state-of-the-art library, the David Lean cinema, a perfomance venue in the old reference library and the town museum.

Croydon Borough Police \| History of South Norwood (1510 words)
	The earliest reference to South Norwood may be found in the document in the Minister's of Bailiffs Account of the Chauntry of St Nicholas 3, during Edward IV reign (1442-1483) that a rent of 33 shillings and four pence was paid annually for a place called "Cholmerden".
	Woodside railway station was constructed with a ramp to facilitate the transport of racehorses.
	South Norwood was bombed heavily, due to, as the story is told, that many brick works in the area had firing chimneys.

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