Editing Tramlink (section)

===Former lines reused===
[[File:028140 tramlink mitcham.jpg|thumb|right|[[Gauntlet track|Interlaced track]] near Mitcham]]
Tramlink makes use of a number of [[National Rail]] lines, running parallel to franchised services, or in some cases, runs on previously abandoned railway corridors. Between [[Birkbeck station|Birkbeck]] and [[Beckenham Junction station|Beckenham Junction]], Tramlink uses the [[Crystal Palace line]], running on a single track alongside the track carrying [[Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)|Southern]] rail services. The [[National Rail]] track had been singled some years earlier.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/croydon/ |title=Croydon Tramlink |access-date=16 December 2013 |publisher=railway-technology.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222173800/http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/croydon/ |archive-date=22 February 2014 |language = en-GB}}</ref>

From [[Elmers End railway station|Elmers End]] to [[Woodside railway station (London)|Woodside]], Tramlink follows the former [[Addiscombe Line]]. At Woodside, the old station buildings stand disused, and the original platforms have been replaced by accessible low platforms. Tramlink then follows the former [[Woodside and South Croydon Railway]] (W&SCR) to reach the current [[Addiscombe tram stop]], adjacent to the site of the demolished [[Bingham Road railway station]]. It continues along the former railway route to near Sandilands, where Tramlink curves sharply towards Sandilands tram stop. Another route from Sandilands tram stop curves sharply on to the W&SCR before passing through Park Hill (or Sandilands) tunnels and to the site of [[Coombe Road railway station|Coombe Road station]] after which it curves away across [[Lloyd Park (Croydon)|Lloyd Park]].{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

Between [[Wimbledon station]] and [[Wandle Park tram stop|Wandle Park]], Tramlink follows the former [[West Croydon to Wimbledon Line]], which was first opened in 1855 and closed on 31 May 1997 to allow for conversion into Tramlink.<ref>{{cite magazine |year=2002 |magazine=[[The Railway Magazine]] |volume=148 |page=51 |issn=0033-8923 |language = en-GB}}</ref> Within this section, from near Phipps Bridge to near Reeves Corner, Tramlink follows the [[Surrey Iron Railway]], giving Tramlink a claim to one of the world's oldest railway alignments. Beyond Wandle Park, a Victorian footbridge beside Waddon New Road was dismantled to make way for the flyover<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.transport-of-delight.com/Tramlink/Pages/TramsinAction/Flyover-1.htm |title=Flyover 1 |publisher=Transport-of-delight.com |access-date=9 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514094243/http://www.transport-of-delight.com/Tramlink/Pages/TramsinAction/Flyover-1.htm |archive-date=14 May 2011 |language = en-GB}}</ref> over the West Croydon to [[Sutton railway station (London)|Sutton]] railway line. The footbridge has been re-erected at [[Corfe Castle railway station|Corfe Castle station]] on the [[Swanage Railway]] (although some evidence suggests that this was a similar footbridge removed from the site of [[Merton Park railway station]]).<ref>{{cite web |last=Wright |first=Andrew |title=Prestigious national award plaque installed at Corfe Castle on 26th October 2008 |url=http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news482.htm |publisher=Swanage Railway |access-date=31 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927222352/http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news482.htm |archive-date=27 September 2011 |language = en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wright |first=Andrew |title=Ex-Strategic Rail Authority Chairman officially opens Corfe Castle's historic Victorian railway footbridge on 28th April 2007 |url=http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news363.htm |publisher=Swanage Railway |access-date=31 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927223311/http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/news363.htm |archive-date=27 September 2011 |language = en-GB}}</ref>