Addiscombe Station

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Addiscombe was a terminus station in the district of Addiscombe (towards east Croydon). It was on Lower Addiscombe Road between Hastings Road and Grant Road. The East India Way housing development now stands on the site.

Originally it was built with three platforms featuring extensive canopies, as well as a fairly large station building and concourse. However, the station was slowly run down. In 1956 platform 3 was closed and removed, the goods yard closed in 1968. Through trains to London were withdrawn and the service reduced to a shuttle service to and from Elmers End. In 1993 the carriage depot was closed and around the same time the station became unstaffed. When the signal box was burnt down in 1996 the line was reduced to single track and only platform 2 was used. The last train (an enthusiasts' railtour) was on the evening of Saturday 31st May 1997 which also visited the West Croydon- Wimbledon line which also closed on the same day. After closure in 1997 the station remained derelict for several years until demolition in 2001.

Opened by the Mid-Kent Railway it was part of the South Eastern Railway which became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways. During its last years it received the railcode of "NWW" and was in travelcard zone 5.

The station also underwent several changes of name:


 * 1) 1 April 1864 Station opens as Croydon (Addiscombe Road)
 * 2) 1 April 1925 Station renamed Croydon (Addiscombe)
 * 3) 28 February 1926 Station renamed Addiscombe (Croydon)
 * 4) 13 June 1955 Station renamed Addiscombe
 * 5) 31 May 1997 last trains ran

The station was closed in 1997 in preparation for the construction of Tramlink. When Tramlink opened in 2000 it took over the line from Elmers End to Woodside, but then followed the route of the former railway line to Sanderstead which closed in 1983. Addiscombe Tram Stop is at a different location.

Upon demolition the site was used for housing development (East India Way) and all that survives today of the station are sections of the retaining walls formerly supporting the canopy and station buildings. Part of the line beyond has become Addiscombe Railway Park.