Trains at East Croydon, BML, 20/11/24

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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.
The present station building opened on 19 August 1992.
It consists of a large steel and glass frame suspended from a lightweight steel structure that straddles the track and platforms to a much greater extent than was possible with its Victorian predecessor.
Four steel ladder masts anchor the glass box and the whole gives the impression of a suspension bridge that stretches into the distance. External canopies cover the entrances, a café's open-air seating area and the approaches to the tram stop. 440 m2 (4,700 sq ft) of glass were used in the roof and 800 m2 (8,600 sq ft) for the wall glazing.
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 stations.
On 12 July 1841, the London & Brighton Railway (L&BR) began passenger services through Croydon station (now East Croydon) on the Brighton Line from London Bridge to Haywards Heath.
The station was designed by the architect David Mocatta, the second station in the town since the London and Croydon Railway (L&CR) had opened its Croydon station (now West Croydon) in June 1839.
The station became jointly administered by the L&BR and the South Eastern Railway (SER) in 1842, who shared the Brighton Main Line as far as Redhill. Fares from Croydon to London were common to two railways.
In 1846, the L&BR and the L&CR amalgamated to form the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR), and the two stations were shortly renamed East Croydon and West Croydon to avoid confusion.
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.
In September 2010, Croydon Council pledged £6m towards the revamp, ensuring that a bridge was included in the plans.
The new bridge was officially opened in December 2013, providing pedestrian transfer between platforms as well as a new entrance at the northern end of the platforms and a more direct link to the town centre.
The new walkway may be accessed from the town centre on the west via Lansdowne Walk, with access from Cherry Orchard Road on the east included in local development plans.
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.
There is a large railway depot for Southern and Thameslink trains to the north at Selhurst.
Duration of the video: 10:58 - 12:29
We’ll be seeing services by Southern, Gatwick Express, Thameslink, West Coast Railways and some freight as well.
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I really enjoyed my time that was spent at East Croydon especially with the amount of variety I had featured plus managing to see a Steam train Railtour featured in the time that was heading for Eastbourne from London Victoria and having some freight making an appearance that were bypassing through the station.
My next station will be Shenfield which is situated on the Great Eastern Mainline so until then thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next video