Travel by train from East Croydon to Manchester Piccadilly in 3h 27m. Compare prices, view live journey times & book cheap train tickets for East Croydon to Manchester Piccadilly.
7 Croydon 42° 8 Napranum 42° 9 Aurukun 41° 10 Kowanyama 40° 1 Tumut 20.7mm 2 Howlong 15.8mm 3 Scottsdale 14.7mm 4 Balwyn North 14.3mm 5 Blackburn 14.3mm 6 Blackburn North 14.3mm 7 Box Hill 14.3mm 8 Box Hill North 14.3mm 9 Box Hill South 14.3mm 10 Greensbor...
and its location is chosen to make the most of under-used road capacity, avoiding the need for new approach roads, so it would connect to the Blackwall Tunnel Southern Approach on the south bank and the Lower Lea Crossing to the north. Two...
This turned out to be beneficial, as the branch was used as a test bed for a more advanced form of Automatic Train Operation (ATO) which took a couple of years of operation before it really worked satisfactorily – and could thus be extended to the rest of the DLR. A consequence of th...