Editing Addiscombe (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Croydon Tramlink Addiscombe Road.jpg|thumb|right|Tram on Addiscombe Road]]
The area is currently served by four [[Tramlink]] stations - [[Lebanon Road tram stop|Lebanon Road]], [[Sandilands tram stop|Sandilands]], [[Addiscombe tram stop|Addiscombe]] and [[Blackhorse Lane tram stop|Blackhorse Lane]]. Sandilands was the site of a serious [[2016 Croydon tram derailment|derailment]] in 2016 which resulted in seven deaths.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/london/2016-11-09/tram-overturns-in-croydon-tunnel/|title=Two trapped and more than 50 injured as tram overturns in Croydon|work=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|date=9 November 2016|access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/09/croydon-tram-derailment-five-trapped-and-40-people-injured/|title=Croydon tram derailment: Police confirm 'some loss of life' as two remain trapped and 50 taken to hospital|publisher=Daily Telegraph|date=10 November 2016|access-date=17 August 2020}}</ref>

[[Addiscombe railway station]], located around 500 metres west of Addiscombe's main shopping parade, closed in 1997 following the withdrawal of services from [[Elmers End station|Elmers End]]. The station building was later demolished and replaced by housing (as East India Way).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentrail.org.uk/addiscombe_2.html|title=Addiscombe|website=Kentrail.org.uk|access-date=30 May 2019}}</ref> Part of the trackbed between Woodside and Addiscombe railway stations is now [[Addiscombe Railway Park]]. [[Bingham Road railway station|Bingham Road station]] also formerly served the area; it was located roughly where Addiscombe tram stop now is, before closing in 1983.<ref name="Connor">{{cite book |last1=Connor |first1=J.E. |title=The South Eastern Railway |series=London's Disused Stations |volume=4 |date=2003 |publisher=Connor & Butler |location=Colchester |isbn=0-9476-9937-6 }}</ref> The former rail station featured in the opening scenes of the 1961 [[Tony Hancock]] film ''[[The Rebel (1961 film)|The Rebel]]''.<ref name="Connor"/> The nearest railway station is now [[East Croydon station|East Croydon]].