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Woodside was a railway station in Croydon, south London, opened in July 1871 by the Mid-Kent Railway on the Woodside and South Croydon Joint Railway to serve a nearby racecourse. A ramp from the station facilitated the loading of racehorses. After the course closed in 1890, use of Woodside station decreased. The down bay platform fell into disuse in 1917 following the closure of the line to , but reopened upon electrification in 1935 with through-services towards London. By the early 1960s patronage was again in decline. The small goods yard closed in 1963. The line to Selsdon closed in 1983 and the signal box at the south end of the down platform closed in 1984. Through-services to London were withdrawn and services were reduced to a shuttle between and . The station building at street-level over the platforms was destaffed from 1993 and boarded-up. In 1996 Addiscombe signal box burned down and single-line working was introduced with all trains using the down-line and the London-bound platform falling into disuse. Closure of Woodside station came in 1997 in preparation for the construction of Tramlink. Tramlink now uses the line between Elmers End and Lloyd Park. Most of the platforms were demolished and new tram platforms constructed. Part of the London-bound platform was left to provide access to the tram platforms, using stairs to the street-level building, which is abandoned. Following closure of the Addiscombe branch the trackbed has become Addiscombe Railway Park. The dismantled platform was donated to the Swanage Heritage Railway and reassembled in 2009 at . ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woodside (London) railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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