Sandilands tram stop is a

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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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. The tram stop gets its name from the nearby Sandilands Tunnel.

Services

The typical off-peak service in trams per hour from Sandilands is: * 6 tph in each direction between and * 6 tph in each direction between and Wimbledon * 8 tph in each direction between and Services are operated using

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and

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Connections

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routes 119,

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serve the tram stop. Free interchange for journeys made within an hour is available between trams and buses as part of

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's Hopper Fare.

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 Woodside and South Croydon Railway. 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.

References

External links

Sandilands Tram Stop
– Timetables and live departures at Transport for London {{Coord, 51.37501, N, 0.078200, W, region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(TQ333659), display=title Tramlink stops in the London Borough of Croydon Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 2000