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London Tramlink Sunday service
between Wimbledon and New Addington popular with customers
London Tramlink customers are taking advantage of the more frequent
Sunday service between Wimbledon and New Addington via Croydon town
centre in increasing numbers.
One month after the extra services were introduced the number of passengers using the line on Sundays
has already risen by almost ten per cent from an average of 39,834 to 44,330.
The new services were introduced on 14 December 2014, with trams running every seven to eight minutes
on this route (Line 3) compared to the previous frequency of every 15 minutes.
In
addition to a more frequent Sunday service a new 700m section of double
track has recently been
completed between Mitcham Junction and Beddington Lane as part of the
Wimbledon line improvement programme. The new track will allow trams to
pass more easily through this section and therefore reduce delays for
customers.
Work
to add a new bay to platform 10 at Wimbledon station will commence
later this year and when
complete it will enable the introduction of an additional four new
trams onto the network, which will bring customers a 50 per cent service
increase to the Wimbledon branch by 2016, making journeys less
crowded.
Transport
for London’s (TfL) Director of London Tramlink, Sharon Thompson, said:
“We’re pleased to
see that our passengers have been quick to take advantage of the more
frequent Sunday service we now offer on what is becoming an important
leisure and shopping day. Our trams are running every seven to eight
minutes along the Wimbledon to New Addington route
between 10am and 6pm, making weekend travel much easier and more
convenient.”
London
Tramlink is part of a large and growing TfL network of rail services,
which also includes London Overground routes
across the capital. From May 2015, West Anglia services from Liverpool
Street station to Enfield Town, Cheshunt (via Seven Sisters) and
Chingford and between Romford and Upminster will become part of TfL’s
integrated transport network. At the same time TfL
will also takeover rail services from Liverpool Street to Shenfield as a
precursor to the introduction of TfL-run Crossrail.
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Two cities one camera and a Derbyshire Wayfarer. With the use of this day ticket Martin Arrand recently visited first Derby then Sheffield and his results can now be found in an album on the Flickr site by clicking here
SEE ALSO THE LATEST ON THE NEW FOCUS FLICKR SITE
Two cities one camera and a Derbyshire Wayfarer. With the use of this day ticket Martin Arrand recently visited first Derby then Sheffield and his results can now be found in an album on the Flickr site by clicking here
