Does the driver feel relief when he gets to go off the road and onto ordinary rail tracks? It must be scary driving among people and cars, as trams cannot stop so quickly in case an obstruction suddenly appears.
I'm coming down to London in August to ride this, the DLR & 50 tube stations in the quickest possible time. Why? don't ask! But these videos have been invaluable in planning the challenge. Thank you!
Wow to think I used to pull up outside East Croydon station on my bus 30 years ago. How Croydon has changed. It must have been a horrendous upheaval putting all that track in and I bet people lost their homes
@@SWTransport The driver closes the doors in normal operation. The timer is only needed when the tram is standing for an extended period, as at a terminus, so that the doors don't remain open letting in wind and rain.
Alan: “the proceed signal won’t appear until the tram has started to move” that’s false in general. Signals often clear before the tram has started moving and even before the doors have been closed. On top of that, in many locations you can’t move from a stand without passing the signal itself...
Thanks for sharing videos of all tram lines. I commute to work using Wimbledon branch. (No longer used horrific Southern Railway) I never seen what the routes are like on the other side of Croydon. It looks more prettier and greener than I expected. Of course these lines are in the countryside rather than being close to London.
Talk about another accident waiting to happen!I dont think the Victorians would have used old rail lines to run a tram next to a working rail line.Crazy.
How so? The two lines have no connections between them at all, and being the route of a main line means the curves are way shallower than the one where the derailment happened.
Dumb question from an American! What lines were involved,before they were used for tram routes? I can guess,LB&SC,SECR,and maybe some remnants of tram lines which operated out of Croydon. In the US,the New York Central operated an interurban line in upstate New York,using third rail ,and overhead wire,so there are prototypes even on this side of the pond!
