Interesting bit of doublethink here, on the lines of the old song with the line 'accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative'.
If you're travelling from Addington, you're expected to celebrate the fact you can travel directly to the 'northern part of Croydon town centre' i.e Centrale and West Croydon, whereas if you're coming from Beckenham/Elmers End you have that wealth of 'new opportunities' created by the trams going to Wimbledon instead of West Croydon! What about those passengers who preferred the old arrangements?! Of course, it's a partial return to original Tramlink arrangements, the exception being the Beckenham Junc service joining the Elmers service to Wimbledon, although even there Beckenham had evening trains from Wimbledon at the start.
The other bit of the statement that is more contentious, because untrue, is that if a stop will have 20 trams ph rather than 22 ph average waiting times will be reduced!
On the whole, though, I think these changes are for the good: more trams to/from Wimbledon at most times and the operational flexibility of no route numbers e.g. if a tram from New Addington gets to East Croydon, its destination can suddenly change to Wimbledon from West Croydon and, so long as those already on the tram are informed, it won't concern passengers boarding in George Street where their tram originated from, cos they won't know anyway! I'm sure this will happen, just as EE/BJ trams will occasionally be cut short round the Croydon loop.
Seeing as how on my last London visit my only trip to Croydon was to Mayday Casualty Dept, can anyone tell me what (if anything) is happening with the proposed Dingwall Road terminating loop?
