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Croydon Tramlink
Page 1: The Fleet
This one of a series of pages devoted to postcards and photographs of Croydon Tramlink. This page illustrates the tram fleet.
Tramlink Page 2
shows the routes.
Following a study in 1987, the Croydon Tramlink Parliamntary Bill was deposited in 1991. Construction started in 1996, using a significant amount of former railway alignment, rail services from Wimbledon to Mitchem, and to Elmers End ceasing in 1997. On the section from Birkbeck to Beckenham Junction, the line was singled so the tramway could run in parallel. Public services on the three lines started during May 2000. Initially the three routes were Route 1: Wimbledon-Croydon-Elmers End, Route 2: Croydon-Beckenham Junction and Route 3: Croydon-New Addington, all three routes circumnavigating Croydon town centre in a clockwise direction. From 2006, routes were revised so that Route 3 trams from New Addington continued through to Wimbledon (in place of Route 1). 2007 weekday off peak frequencies are every 10 minutes on Routes 1 and 2, and every 7.5 minutes on the through Wimbledon-New Addington Route 3. The unofficial tramlink site
www.tramlink.co.uk
contains a set of timetables from the inauguration to current.
The tram fleet consists of 24 articulated vehicles numbered 2530-2553, manufactured by Bombardier Transportation in Wien. The numbers follow on from the last vehicle in the original London Transport system, 2529, which was scrapped in 1952. Classified as CR-4000, the new trams are based very closely on Bombardier's K-4000 trams as used in Köln. These are 76% low floor at 400mm above rail height with entrances at 350mm. The overhead is at 750volts dc and trams have four 120kW 3-phase asynchronous motors fitted to the two, two-axle power bogies at the outer ends, giving a maximum speed of 80kph (50mph). Each tram carries over 200 people with 70 seated. At one point more than 25% of trams carried advertising liveries, although none remained early in November 2007. However,
2548
had received Simpsons Movie by the end of that month. All the trams have been photographed and are listed below.
Trams on this page:-
2530
,
2531
,
2532
,
2533
,
2534
,
2535
,
2536
,
2537
,
2538
,
2539
,
2540
,
2541
,
2542
,
2543
,
2544
,
2545
,
2546
,
2547
,
2548
,
2549
,
2550
,
2551
,
2552
,
2553
Tramlink Pages:-
Tramlink Page 1: Fleet
- this page
Tramlink Page 2: Routes
Tramlink Page 3: Trams in the Snow
Tramlink 2007 Timetable
- 23/07/2006 Timetable (4Mb PDF file - require Adobe Reader)
Simplon Tram Pages:-
Tramways Header Page
Dublin Trams
Nottingham Trams
West Midlands Metro
Associated Pages:-
Simplon Postcards Home Page
www.tfl.gov.uk
- official Transport for London tram site
www.tramlink.co.uk
- unofficial tramlink site
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Croydon Tramlink
Tram Fleet
Tramlink
2530
Tramlink 2530 at Arena
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 at Arena
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 at Arena
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 at Beckenham Road
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 at Elmers End
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 at Elmers End
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 at Elmers End
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 at Elmers End
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 leaving Dundonald Road towards Croydon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 29th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 arriving at Dundonald Road from Croydon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 29th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 leaving Dundonald Road towards Wmbledom
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 29th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 (left) and 2342 at Morden Road
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 29th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 (left) and 2342 at Morden Road
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 29th November 2007
Tramlink 2530 at Morden Road
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 29th November 2007
Tramlink
2531
Tramlink 2531 at Sandilands
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tram 2531 arriving at Blackhorse Lane from Croydon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th January 2010
Tram 2531 arriving at Blackhorse Lane from Croydon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th January 2010
Tram 2531 arriving at Blackhorse Lane from Croydon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th January 2010
Tram 2531 at Arena
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th January 2010
Tramlink
2532
Tramlink 2532 and 2536 at Sandilands
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2532 and 2536 at Sandilands
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2532 at Fieldway
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2532 at Fieldway
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2532 at Fieldway
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2532 at Fieldway
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2532 at Fieldway
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2532 at East Croydon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 29th November 2007
Tramlink 2532 at East Croydon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 29th November 2007
Tramlink 2532 at Mitcham Junction
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 29th November 2007
Tram 2532 arriving at Harrington Road from Beckenham Junction
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th January 2010
Tram 2532 arriving at Harrington Road from Beckenham Junction
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th January 2010
Tramlink
2533
Tramlink 2533 at Sandilands
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2533 at Sandilands
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2533 at Sandilands
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2533 at Sandilands
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink
2534
Tramlink 2534 at Arena
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2534 and 2553 at Arena
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2534 at Sandilands
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2534 at Sandilands
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2534 at Sandilands
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2534 at Addiscombe
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2534 at Arena
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2534 at Arena
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 6th November 2007
Tramlink 2534 at East Croydon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 29th November 2007
Tramlink 2534 at East Croydon