Trains at East Croydon, BML, 27/06/24

Описание: East Croydon is a railway station, tram stop and associated bus station in Croydon, Greater London, England. It is located in Travelcard Zone 5. At 10 miles 28 chains (10.35 mi; 16.66 km) from London Bridge, it is the 20th busiest station in Britain, was the 10th busiest in 2020–21 (due to the COVID pandemic), is the busiest national rail station in London outside of fare zones 1 and 2 and is one of the busiest non-terminal stations in the country.

It is one of three railway stations in the London Borough of Croydon with Croydon in their name, the others being West Croydon and South Croydon. A Tramlink tram stop is located immediately outside the main station entrance.

It was announced in 2010 that Network Rail had proposed a £20m project to revamp the station with an additional entrance and a shortcut into the town centre.

The new bridge was officially opened in December 2013. Disabled-accessible slopes to all platforms are provided and there is a footbridge connecting all platforms. There are refreshment stalls and vending machines in the seating areas on the platforms, and trolleys are available along with step-free access to buffets.

There are electronic information displays showing departures to 80 station.

The population of Croydon increased 14-fold (from 16,700 to 233,000) between the opening of the station in 1841 and 1921. As a result, the station has been enlarged and rebuilt on several occasions.

The Thameslink Programme (formerly Thameslink 2000) was a £6 billion major project to expand the Thameslink network from 51 to 172 stations spreading northwards to Bedford, Peterborough, Cambridge and King's Lynn.

The project included the lengthening of platforms, station remodelling, new railway infrastructure (e.g. viaducts and tunnels) and new rolling stock.

The project was completed in 2020 and has enabled 8 Thameslink trains per hour in each direction to service East Croydon.

Duration of the video 10:58 - 13:14

We’ll be seeing services by Southern, Thameslink, Gatwick Express, Southeastern & some freight as well

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I fairly enjoyed my time that was spent at East Croydon especially with the amount of varied I managed to see in the time I was there plus I was not expecting any Southeastern services bypassing East Croydon but it was quite a good surprise to admire.

My next station will be possibly Norwich but it hasn’t yet been confirmed I haven’t visited there for awhile but I’m sure it’ll be a good place to revisit after awhile so until then thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next video.