Editing Tramlink (section)

===Additional stop and trams===
[[Centrale tram stop]], in Tamworth Road on the one-way central loop, opened on 10 December 2005,<ref name=":0" /> increasing journey times slightly. As turnround times were already quite tight, this raised the issue of buying an extra tram to maintain punctuality. Partly for this reason, but also to take into account the planned restructuring of services, (subsequently introduced in July 2006), TfL issued tenders for a new tram.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Croydon town centre : Routes : Croydon Tramlink : TheTrams.co.uk |url=https://www.thetrams.co.uk/croydon/croydon/ |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=www.thetrams.co.uk}}</ref> However, nothing resulted from this.

In January 2011, TfL opened a tender for the supply of ten new or second-hand trams from the end of summer 2011, for use between Therapia Lane and Elmers End.<ref name=rgltsbfat>{{cite magazine |url= http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/london-tramlink-seeks-bids-for-additional-trams.html |title=London Tramlink seeks bids for additional trams |date=31 January 2011 |magazine= Railway Gazette International |location= London |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121102131738/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/london-tramlink-seeks-bids-for-additional-trams.html |archive-date=2 November 2012 |language = en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title = New Trams for Croydon |magazine = Rail |issue = 663 |date = 9 February 2011 |page = 16 |language = en-GB}}</ref><ref name=rgi20110818/> On 18 August 2011, TfL announced that [[Stadler Rail]] had won a £16.3{{nbsp}}million contract to supply six [[Stadler Variobahn|Variobahn]] trams similar to those used by [[Bergen Light Rail|Bybanen]] in [[Bergen]], Norway.<ref name=rgi20110818>{{cite magazine |url= http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/stadler-wins-london-tramlink-tram-order.html |title=Stadler wins London Tramlink tram order |date=18 August 2011 |magazine= Railway Gazette International |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110917051215/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/stadler-wins-london-tramlink-tram-order.html |archive-date=17 September 2011 |language = en-GB}}</ref> They entered service in 2012.<ref name=RailwayGazette21Aug13>{{cite web |url = http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/london-tramlink-orders-more-stadler-trams.html |title = London Tramlink orders more Stadler trams |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103134936/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban/single-view/view/london-tramlink-orders-more-stadler-trams.html |archive-date=3 January 2017 |publisher = Railway Gazette International |date = 21 August 2013 |language = en-GB}}</ref> 
In August 2013, TfL ordered an additional four Variobahn trams for delivery in 2015, for use on the Wimbledon to Croydon link, an order later increased to six. This brought the total Variobahn fleet up to ten in 2015,<ref name=RailwayGazette21Aug13/><ref name=TfLWimbledonNewTrams>{{cite press release |title=London Tramlink orders four new trams for Wimbledon branch |url= http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/28456.aspx |publisher=Transport for London |date=30 August 2013 |access-date=1 September 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130901205013/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/28456.aspx |archive-date=1 September 2013 |language = en-GB}}</ref> and 12 in 2016 when the final two trams were delivered.<ref name=BTO/>