And on we go with our look at the tramstops on the London Trams network.
Instead of continuing our journey towards Croydon we backtrack a little bit in this edition as after alighting from the tram at Arena we cross to the other side and catch a service to Elmers End. We continue on the route of the Addiscombe to Elmers End railway line which was in operation until closed in 1997 in order to be converted to tram operation. Starting off as double track we go single track on the approach to Elmers End station. Whereas at Beckenham Junction we were outside the railway station this time we’re within it and have a platform face all to ourselves with immediate cross platform interchange for trains into central London (or across the bridge to take the train to Hayes). It’s a single platform face for trams and it has passenger information displays, platform canopy, validators etc. in place.
There’s room for a couple of trams at Elmers End but here its just the one with 2560 waiting out time before departing back to Wimbledon. (Photograph by Gareth Prior, 21st September 2021)