Coulsdon’s Yuletide Magic
Only a few days to go till Coulsdon’s Yuletide Magic comes to town with music, a raffle, festive food, market stalls and Santa’s Grotto.
Saturday 3rd December, 11am-8pm @ Brighton Road, Coulsdon.
Reduction of service on the Tattenham Corner line
The East Surrey Transport Committee, ECRA and CWRA are asking you to object to the reduction in service on the Tattenham Corner line – which has reduced since the pandemic to two trains per hour into London during the week
Please read the attached notice for information, and email GTR at to add you voice to object to the current position.
CWRA Transport Report CR5 Sept 2022
Town centre road repairs: 25th July 2022 for 4 weeks
The Council has agreed to repair the road surface in the town centre, commencing on the 25th July and lasting around 4 weeks.
This will mean that at different times Chipstead Valley Road and parts of Brighton Road will be closed to traffic, sometimes totally and sometimes limited to one direction.
ECRA have asked that southbound buses should have access to the town centre at all times. Northbound buses may be diverted via the Bypass using the 404 bus stop at the northern end of the bus lane.
This will affect buses in Coulsdon:
Southbound: all southbound buses should be able to serve the following stops in the town centre Coulsdon Town station and the Library this includes routes 166 and 434 which will be diverted via Brighton Road and Lion Green Road.
Northbound: All stops will be closed. The following will apply Routes 60, 405 and N68 will be diverted via the Bypass after Coulsdon South station and will serve the 404 stop at the end of the bypass.
Route 166 and 434 will be diverted after Portnalls Road stop along Lion Green Road, then along the bypass. They will serve the Lion Green stop and the 404 stop at the northern end of the bypass.
Route 463 will be diverted via the Bypass after Coulsdon South station and will serve the 404 stop on the bypass then turn into the town centre and serve the stop in the Avenue.
Route 404 remains on its existing routing.
London Bridge Bank branch and Elizabeth line
Elizabeth Line (Cross Rail) is now open. There is no service on Sundays. Connections from Coulsdon are via Thameslink trains to Farringdon
London Bridge/Bank branch of the Northern Line has now reopened. It was closed from the 15th January 2022 to the 16th May 2022.
Visit the TFL website for more information on the closure.
ECRA AGM 2022 & Audited accounts
The AGM is on Wednesday 15 June 2022, 7.30pm at The Old Coulsdon Congregational Church.
Our Guest Speaker will be Jason Perry the New Directly elected Mayor for Croydon.
Coulsdon RAs’ submission to Croydon local plan
Please find below the joint submission of Coulsdon RA’s to the Croydon Local Plan, submitted in February 2022.
The submission was jointly agreed by: East Coulsdon RA (ECRA), Old Coulsdon RA (OCRA), Hartley and District RA (HADRA) and Coulsdon West RA (CWRA).
If you want to find out more about planning in Croydon and about the local plan, visit the Council’s Croydon Local Plan Review page Croydon Local Plan review page.