Category Archives: London Trams

London Tramlink services to Elmers End and Beckenham Junction will be suspended between Saturday 24th May and Sunday 1st June to allow for the replacement of the road bridge at Spring Lane, Woodside. During this period trams from Therapia Lane … Continue reading →

A car driver was taken to hospital after the vehicle he was in was involved in a collision with a tram on Addiscombe Road. The incident happened at 1900 on Thursday 24th April when CR4000 2549 came into contact with … Continue reading →

As we reported at the weekend the Stadler built Variotrams have started to see use across the London Tramlink network rather than being confined to Lines 1 and 4 to Elmers End. This was the case on Tuesday 1st April … Continue reading →

Since being introduced into service during 2012 the Stadler Variotrams on London Tramlink have, apart from on a few occasions, mainly been limited to use on the Elmers End routes (lines 1 and 4) but over the past week they … Continue reading →

The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) have released their latest report into an incident on one of the UK’s light rail systems with the publication of a report into when a London Tramlink vehicle managed to operate in service with … Continue reading →

No sooner had we reported about a planned 24 hour strike on London Tramlink then it was postponed! The strike was due to take place from 2200 on Tuesday 4th February and was originally called because of a dispute surrounding … Continue reading →

A 24 hour strike has been called by the ASLEF union on London Tramlink. An ongoing dispute between the union and First – operators of Tramlink – over the dismissal of two drivers has led to the calling of the … Continue reading →

Services through East Croydon were severely disrupted for three hours on Thursday 23rd January following an incident involving 2552 which saw the tram dewire. The incident happened on the pointwork where the loop line converges to become one line through … Continue reading →

London Tramlink services on the New Addington line will terminate at King Henry’s Drive from 2200 on both Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th January to allow the completion of track replacement and improvement work. No replacement bus services will be … Continue reading →

Since their introduction to the London Tramlink fleet in 2012 the Stadler built Variotrams have been very rare visitors to New Addington, however on Sunday 15th December all that changed with four of the seven Wimbledon-New Addington diagrams being in … Continue reading →

Services between Wimbledon and Therapia Lane were suspended on Tuesday 10th December during the morning rush hour after a fault with the overhead lines was discovered. Engineers were quickly despatched to the scene to repair the fault but trams were … Continue reading →

London Tramlink services between Elmers End/Beckenham Junction and East Croydon were suspended on Wednesday 27th November after a Warburtons bread lorry and a tram collided in Addiscombe. Details of the exact circumstances which led to the two vehicles colliding are … Continue reading →

Services on London Tramlink were suspended between East Croydon and Sandilands for approximately three hours on Tuesday 12th November after an accident involving a cyclist and a bus. Tragically the cyclist was killed in the incident which saw him dragged … Continue reading →

London Tramlink services to New Addington will be suspended from 2200 on Wednesday 4th December until the end of service on Thursday 12th December to allow major improvement works to take place. The work will be undertaken in two phases … Continue reading →

London Tramlink services were delayed for approximately an hour after a car was accidentally driven onto the tracks at Addington Village stop on Friday 13th September. The driver of the car – believed to be a woman in her 70s … Continue reading →

London Tramlink joined in the summer engineering work fun during August with track being replaced at Reeves Corner which necessitated the Wimbledon-New Addington service being split between Monday 19th and Wednesday 28th August. Initially this saw trams running Wimbledon-Wandle Park … Continue reading →

It has been announced that London Tramlink are to receive an extra four Variotrams to help further increase capacity on the network. To be constructed by Stadler at their Berlin factory it is expected that the trams will be delivered … Continue reading →

Tramlink services between East Croydon and Sandilands were suspended for just over 30 minutes on Sunday 4th August following a road traffic collision – not involving a tram. The collision took place at approximately 1730 on Addiscombe Road and after … Continue reading →