Hey Barry, I left Croydon at the age of 21 to go to the states 30 odd years ago. I have been back twice , while making a good life for my self and family in between New Yourk USMC San Diego. your TH-cam has shown how so much has changed . I remember walking all those streets with my mom and dad to shop especially Surrey street. Regardless of what the bone heads have to say this is fantastic footage. my wife has never been to my home town. After watching your video she say she can't wait to go. Thanks Barry great job.
Paul - You might also enjoy this slide show of Croydon 40 years ago, set to music by Croydon composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor who made big impression in the USA as a civil rights campaigner in the first decade of the 20th century but who is now all but fogotten. Visit th-cam.com/video/wE41Hvq0CVY/w-d-xo.html
Croydon a town of some 350,000 folk (about the size of Washington DC) , on the southern edge of London, took 30 years of pressure from Croydon Council before the system was built. It opened 13 years ago and remains the only tramway in London a city of some 8 million folk.
There is a new light rail being planned for Swansea,South Wales by the Aman Valley Railway Society. Eco trams will be built and maintained in Wales for the first time. Swansea was the first to have a passenger carrying Railway in the world called the Swansea and Mumbles Railway ran from 1804 to 5th January 1960 when its owners South Wales Transport decided to close it down as it would compete against its bus service
@jasper maguire They are called trams because in central Croydon they share space with road vehicles and pedestrians, outside Croydon the lines use old train lines.
@Tony Brimpton The problem with Monorails is that they are more expensive to construct compared to trams, plus in narrow areas it would be an eyesore, and would probably only be adequate in areas where there is enough space. Trams at least use up less space as they have the advantages both of travelling across streets and becoming railways in some stretches therefore making them cheaper.
It isn't the Croydon Tramlink any more. It's now the London Tramlink. Which is a better name, because the London Borough of Croydon is not the only London Borough it serves. It also serves the London Boroughs of Sutton, Merton and Bromley, and could be extended into the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Wandsworth and Lambeth.
The trams that run on old railway corridors in Australia are called light rail vehicles. Not as heavy as a train yet nimble enough to navigate city streets
This is probably my favorite public transport TH-cam video of all time.
Videos like this are important for history and for people to remember. Really good vid Barry, well done.
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A very interesting and entertaining video of Croydon Trams.
Hey Barry, I left Croydon at the age of 21 to go to the states 30 odd years ago. I have been back twice , while making a good life for my self and family in between New Yourk USMC San Diego. your TH-cam has shown how so much has changed . I remember walking all those streets with my mom and dad to shop especially Surrey street. Regardless of what the bone heads have to say this is fantastic footage. my wife has never been to my home town. After watching your video she say she can't wait to go. Thanks Barry great job.
Paul - You might also enjoy this slide show of Croydon 40 years ago, set to music by Croydon composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor who made big impression in the USA as a civil rights campaigner in the first decade of the 20th century but who is now all but fogotten. Visit th-cam.com/video/wE41Hvq0CVY/w-d-xo.html
Paul Walker
Croydon a town of some 350,000 folk (about the size of Washington DC) , on the southern edge of London, took 30 years of pressure from Croydon Council before the system was built. It opened 13 years ago and remains the only tramway in London a city of some 8 million folk.
There is a new light rail being planned for Swansea,South Wales by the Aman Valley Railway Society. Eco trams will be built and maintained in Wales for the first time. Swansea was the first to have a passenger carrying Railway in the world called the Swansea and Mumbles Railway ran from 1804 to 5th January 1960 when its owners South Wales Transport decided to close it down as it would compete against its bus service
wow what a system , if they would only do that over here in the US, good video.
6:21 so much fun to watch!
how can u have fun watching trams go by ?
very interesting ,,, thanks.
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sakkir choudhury get back to your taxi/corner shop you vile creature😡
Mikey Manchester the wreckless moron of a tram driver is on bail until May 2017
Matthew Jackson its shite they need to gather evidence but 5montga away and however kingbthe trial takes is pants
Mikey Manchester, because his Union will intimidate threaten witnessess
Nice video
@jasper maguire They are called trams because in central Croydon they share space with road vehicles and pedestrians, outside Croydon the lines use old train lines.
@Tony Brimpton The problem with Monorails is that they are more expensive to construct compared to trams, plus in narrow areas it would be an eyesore, and would probably only be adequate in areas where there is enough space. Trams at least use up less space as they have the advantages both of travelling across streets and becoming railways in some stretches therefore making them cheaper.
That's amazing.👍😃💛
I went on Mitcham trams, Purley trams and Croydon trams
Shaun Barton they’re all the same tram system
It isn't the Croydon Tramlink any more. It's now the London Tramlink. Which is a better name, because the London Borough of Croydon is not the only London Borough it serves. It also serves the London Boroughs of Sutton, Merton and Bromley, and could be extended into the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Wandsworth and Lambeth.
That was a nice idea. I might do the same with our Sydney Light rail.
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A monorail would have been a much safer and nicer looking option :)
When do trains become trams, and visa versa? These will never be trams to me. Railway track, platforms??
jasper maguire they run on the streets in Croydon town centre
The trams that run on old railway corridors in Australia are called light rail vehicles. Not as heavy as a train yet nimble enough to navigate city streets