We shall see whether that speed limit survives the aftermath. I was very surprised to learn that it was allowed when it means the expected speed matches the capability of the tram. Just because my car (and I have a very modest one) is capable of 120 mph doesn't mean it should ever be attempted.
I will make a general comment here on frequencies. Until quite recent times and the introduction of new trams, especially with a tram 'missing' following the fatal accident involving a bus being driven in a criminal manner, there has been pressure on the Tramlink operators to get higher frequencies as the passengers using the system increase inexorably. Wimbledon only got an increase by diverting the more frequent 3 route from Addington to it rather than the 1 from Elmers End, and, as anyone who has ever been involved in public transport scheduling realises, if the resource and the distance to be covered is finite, then the only way to increase the frequency is by speeding up between stops, once you have got terminal times down to a minimum (given the problems at Wimbledon, it's obvious that has been done). In theory, you could spend less time at each intermediate stop, if it were not for those pesky passengers refusing to act like robots: in any case, with the increase in passenger numbers per tram journey this is an impossible dream. From memory, when Croydon Tramlink started in 2000 frequencies were every 7 minutes to Addington and every 10 minutes to Wimbledon, Elmers End and Beckenham weekday peak and shopping hours. Over the intervening years frequencies decreased, if anything, certainly to every 12 minutes from 10, and to 8 from 7, for some time. Now they are back up again, with the new 4 route increasing the Elmers End to Therapia Lane frequency. Now, whether the passengers and people living on the route(s) being quoted in the media are all being wise after the event, or plain misguided, there is an impression given of the system having speeded up over the last few months to, in the opinion of some, a dangerous level. The whole system and its operation will now come, rightfully, under enormous scrutiny.