A century ago the London tram network was the largest in Europe and deemed an important driver of social change, encouraging early commuters to relocate from the polluted inner city to the suburbs.
Thinking changed, however, and trams were abandoned by 1952 after a prolonged period of under-investment and weren’t reintroduced until 2001 on a much smaller scale in Croydon.
But the London tram is on the move once again. Homes & Propertycan reveal that Transport for London (TfL) has committed £70 million to an extension of the Croydon network. The new branch will run from South Wimbledon, through Morden to Sutton.