Sandilands tram stop is a light rail stop in the

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in the southern suburbs of

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. It serves the residential area along Addiscombe Road to the east of the centre of the town of

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Services

Sandilands is served by tram services operated by

Tramlink London Trams, previously Tramlink and Croydon Tramlink, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England. It began operation in 2000, the first tram system in the London region since 1952. It is manage ...

. It is served by the following tram services: * A tram every 10 minutes (reducing to every 15 minutes on Saturday evenings and Sundays) between and * A tram every 10 minutes (reducing to every 15 minutes on Saturday evenings and Sundays) between and * A tram every 7-8 minutes (reducing to every 15 mins on weekend evenings) between

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and Services are operated using

Bombardier CR4000 The Bombardier CR4000 is a 76% low floor model of the Bombardier Flexity Swift series of tram operated by Tramlink in London. They are based on and very similar in appearance to the K4000 built for use on the low-platform routes of the Cologne St ...

and Stadler Variobahn

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Connections

London Buses routes 119, 194, 198 and 466 serve the tram stop.

Layout

Immediately to the east of the tram stop, the line descends in

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to a junction with the trackbed of the former

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. To the west of the stop, the line runs alongside Addiscombe Road on a

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as far as the junction with Chepstow Road. From Chepstow Road the line runs within Addiscombe Road, sharing road space with buses and local traffic. The area of Sandilands tram stop was one of the few places where property demolition was needed during the construction of Tramlink, in order to make way for both the stop and the cutting link to the former railway line.

2016 derailment

Early in the morning of 9 November 2016, seven people died and more than 50 were injured when a tram derailed and rolled over at Sandilands junction, southeast of the tram stop where two lines converge with a sharp bend, after having just passed through

Sandilands Tunnel Sandilands Tunnel is an ex-railway, brick arch tunnel in south London, currently serving the Croydon Tramway, which cuts through the Park Hill area on the eastern border of Croydon and serves as a key section of the Tramlink route connecting cen ...

References

External links

Sandilands Tram Stop
– Timetables and live departures at Transport for London Tramlink stops in the London Borough of Croydon {{UK-tram-stub