They’re a bit niche, but fantastic none-the-less! London’s small tram network!

Living in Croydon the tam is great for some people but in reality it doesn't serve anyone living on the north south axis of the borough. Seems the routes were really to draw folk in from rival retail cores and make travel from New Addington easier.

I would love it if there was a new route connecting Croydon to Brixton. Yh there's the 109 and 250 but these are the only direct connections and a tram could be faster with less frequent stops and all the advantages it gets at traffic lights whilst offering a cheaper alternative mode of transport towards central London.

Good information to know when visiting London.

Or smart card with a Travelcard on it

While it's confusing how to pay (I kept looking for a ticket booth) it's great that once you tap in you don't have to tap out….unless you get off at Wimbledon. The only station you have to tap out.

I have been on the Tramlink many times and it’s such a good tram network in South London that serves Croydon and Wimbledon. And the trams are very good.

Says they're niche and then tells us they're busy… …and great.

Thanks for sharing

System is crying out for expansion.

Oof!
Felt sorry for you on that Southern service at the beginning there,
3 + 2 Seating is Never good!

Both of these brands can also be found in my city, Kraków. And ones of them were produced in the same time as CR4000s, when German branch of Bombardier built original Bombardier Flexities (known locally as NGT6/1) in a form of 24 there section sets (of which half of them have 4 doors and another ones have 5 doors (additional added single wing door in the rear)) and this company was successful here as it also won two additional tenders: one for the trams of the size and look, but the new livery and front and rear, called NGT6/2, in a form of 36 sets produced around 2007 and another one for much longer ones with completely new design, called NGT8 and produced in 2012. Stadler is still producing the 110 trams and it's also caused by the organisation of the major sports event: The Variobahns were produced for 2012 Olympic Games, while Tangoes are still in production for (outside of extention of 50 to Borek Fałęcki (it's completed) and Górka Narodowa (in construction)) 3rd European Games in Kraków.

just a small correction: you don't need to tap out in any station apart from Wimbledon, and the reason is otherwise you might be charged the nation rail fare. Moreover, if you come in from the main barriers at wimbledon you have to tap twice, once at the entrance and once before boarding the tram. I guess you have just been "unlucky" to get off to the only station which requires tapping in and out and it made you think you have to do it at every station 🙂

I'm headed to London and and the UK in general next summer (first time!). I'm a bit of transit nerd too so seeing all of your transit stuff makes me more excited!

Used them for my daily commute before retirement. They get very busy at times, do not miss the 6.15am crush-a-thon to Wimbledon.
Still very good value when using with buses.

I visited the Croydon Tram for the first time in January. I managed to do the loop, though it took some working out to achieve this and what I found is a particularly tram unit does not ping pong the same route all day the loop sets it off on other legs of the network. Something which would be fun to do; just get on a tram and sit their and see how much of the network it covers in a day.

Keep up the good work

Nice scenic journey. Unlike the underground where you're in a black hole most of the time.

Trams are cool 👍

'which serve a very niche little network south of the Thames' mate it honestly isnt that small, it serves many purposes and has really high ridership

South London needs an extensive tram network, especially as the underground is quite limited south of the river.

Morden Road: the road that asks "What do you want?"

Croydon is a shit hole!