Hooray I reached 10,000 subscribers! Thanks to everyone who’s joined for the journey, I’m very happy to bring you these tales from across London.
To celebrate, here’s a miniseries on London’s Trams in Croydon – every stop ranked. I can’t lie there’s not a great deal to talk about for each one so it’s something of a whistlestop tour of the 39 stops on the network.
This was originally filmed in the summer of 2023, released on Instagram and TikTok when they hit 10,000 followers (which as it happened was within 24hrs of each other). So there may be some anachronisms.
Next stop: 100,000???
yeah I’ve done every station on the tube but I’ve also done every stop on the London tram Network the bottle off the pile Addis gum has an interesting spot sat snug between two roads but otherwise nothing about it really stands out dun Donald Road a reasonably Pleasant Suburban setting for a textbook tram stop very near Wimbledon station the rapia lane near the depot but the stop itself feels a bit isolated the trans round will learn some presentation points though George Street yes it’s convenient for Central croon but it’s other always pretty Grim it’s basically a glorified bus stop with no shelter it does have a couple of Heritage boards though fips Bridge a very runof-the-mill stop that gets many of its points for having a path off into the lovely modern Hall Park Reeves Corner arguably one of the most interesting stops with people’s houses coming right out into the platform on the other side oh no Avenue Road it’s the least used tfl stop on the tube map and if you didn’t know it was there it would be easy to miss it completely it’s a shame cuz it’s otherwise fine Beckham road again this stop doesn’t really shout about itself but it’s easier to spot one platform serving both directions is interesting Wad and Marsh a pretty good if unun exciting stop that conveniently serves a retail Park but the Gas Works and barbed wire drags it down bedington Lane sandwich between industrial sheds and a fair walk from the road but I like the appearance of the trams round fieldway infrequent service unused bike rack gets some credit for the integration with the bus stop belgrave walk very close to fips bridge which is basically a carbon copy of but now your surroundings are warehouses and pylons and right at the bottom King Henry’s drive again a short walk from the next stop new Addington it’s done nothing wrong but it’s like living in a stock image join me back here in 2 days time as a reveal the top of the stops in my opinion
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Yeah, reviewing all tube stations is cool and all but, ALL TRAM STOPS!? You’re a mad lad!😂
Im excited ❤️❤️❤️❤️
God I love this channel. Tram stop reviews are where it's at
the distance between kings henrys drive and new addington is basically the 'covent garden and leicester square distance', just without any unique features (no offense to all of those king henry drive locals)
There's something very liminal 'backrooms of London' feeling about most of the tram stations.