Croydon

[WatcherZero]

Tfl Tramlink Croydon has put out a tender to lease 10 new or used trams from the end of the year for 'more than 10 years but less than 20 years' (around time of existing fleet renewal I guess). The trams will be to operate a new service Therapia Lane and Elmers End via central Croydon, and this will require five trams in service for a minimum of 12 h a day, Monday to Saturday. The existing fleet has been hard pressed for some time with the current service pattern requiring 22 out of 24 to be in service every day. In 2009 they tried to lease 4 trams from Edinburgh (due to infrastructure being behind schedule but rolling stock construction on time). Nothing has come of that but the 10 number is significant because its considered to be the number of Edinburgh trams surplus to requirement with their new phased opening strategy, issuing a formal OJEU notice may be their way of acquiring them legit.

http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/ne...tramlink-seeks-bids-for-additional-trams.html

 

[Mojo]

I overheard last week (it's amazing what people discuss in the open) that the OJEU notice was deliberately made to get trams which are pretty much identical to the CAF ones for Edinburgh.

 

[Tom B]

I'm sure they could take the entire Edinburgh fleet without it causing any problems to the operation!

 

[90019]

I'm sure they could take the entire Edinburgh fleet without it causing any problems to the operation!

But then they wouldn't have one for wasting space on Princes Street!

 

[Tom B]

But then they wouldn't have one for wasting space on Princes Street!

That was removed, as it didn't have planning permission!

Fares to increase soon - great!

 

[WatcherZero]

That was removed, as it didn't have planning permission!

Fares to increase soon - great!

Wait if wheeled vehicles need planning permission there would be no travellers camps :P

 

[90019]

That was removed, as it didn't have planning permission!

Didn't they just move it further down?
I'm sure there was some other excuse, but I'm somewhat out of touch and I've not really been into town for months other than doing some work at the west end

I'm sure there was something about it being put back there at some point as well.

Fares to increase soon - great!

Yay!
Making the option of taking the train to and from Stirling even less viable

 

[Tom B]

Wait if wheeled vehicles need planning permission there would be no travellers camps :P

I think it was considered a "temporary building" on the grounds that - err - it never moved! It is now in Broxburn.

 

[starrymarkb]

How long had it been there? There are lots of holiday camps around here and they have to move their vans around every so often to continue in their planning loophole...