East Croydon station
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East Croydon station is one of three stations incorporating "Croydon" in their name, serving the town situated some 12 miles south of London, within the Greater London conurbation. The other two are West Croydon station to the west and South Croydon station in the south of the town.
The station is in Travelcard Zone 5.
Architecture
The new East Croydon station was opened on 19 August 1992.
The building consists of a huge steel and glass frame suspended from a lightweight steel structure that straddles the track and platforms to a much greater extent than was possible with its Victorian predecessor. Four steel ladder masts anchor the enormous glass box and the whole gives the impression of a suspension bridge that stretches to the distance. External canopies cover the entrances and a café's open-air seating area, as well as the approaches to the tram station.
440 sq m of glass were used in the roof, and 800 sq m for the wall glazing.
The architects were Alan Brookes Associates, the structural engineers YRM Anthony Hunt Associates.
The importance of East Croydon
The station is on, amongst others, the London - Gatwick Airport - Brighton line and the Thameslink route from Gatwick through London Bridge to Bedford; it is a well-served station with frequent connections. It is also - as is increasingly the case on the UK railway system - very well provided with electronic information displays showing next departures to some 80 named stations.
The station is the site of an interchange with the Croydon Tramlink system, the trams of which have a stopping point immediately outside the front of the railway station, and with the local bus service. All three current routes stop at East Croydon in both directions, with services to Elmers End, Beckenham Junction and Wimbledon.
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