Selhurst Road re-opened [Archive]

lightweight

07-01-2003, 07:23 PM

Selhurst road (outside Selhurst Station) will be closed from 6th Jan to 13th March, for repairs on railway bridge.

You are advised to leave earlier than normal if you drive to games or use the bus as diversions will be in place. Parking restrictions will also be in operation in the area.

c_block_lad

07-01-2003, 07:33 PM

Notices all over West Croydon bus station about this. They could have least do the work outside of the season!

Cagey K

07-01-2003, 07:47 PM

There are also road works in Addiscombe - junction of Lower Addiscombe Road and Blackhorse Lane. Three way temporary traffic lights are causing allsorts of delays all around the area and are expected to last 6 weeks. Another area to avoid on match days.

Maidstoned Eagle

07-01-2003, 09:08 PM

Originally posted by c_block_lad
Notices all over West Croydon bus station about this. They could have least do the work outside of the season!

But that would imply that Croydon Council gave a sh*t about Palace fans! :hmph:

milesy13

07-01-2003, 09:19 PM

I live very close to Selhurst station. At the moment its taking upto 20mins to get out of my road which is only about 100m long. I cant imagine what its going to be like on match days. All the surroundng roads are chaos, so I would allow at least an extra 20/30mins when travelling to home games.

08-01-2003, 07:42 AM

Thanks for the info everyone - I always drive and park between SP and Selhurst Road.

Anerley Eagle

08-01-2003, 10:06 AM

Spent 45 mins on the bus outside the authur wait this morning, ive never been sick of the sight of selhurst park, took a hour and half to get to work. All because of the Railway Bridge.

Riccardo

08-01-2003, 10:42 AM

If Nookiebear wants a lift he'll have to wake up earlier on a Saturday !!

Gark Moldberg

08-01-2003, 10:42 AM

Is this due to Croydon Council or Network Rail?

Just another cheery thought for those coming from the south, when is work due to start on the A23 Coulsdon bypass?

bald-eagle

08-01-2003, 11:44 AM

The bridge will be railtracks and if it needs repair then the timing of these works will have been worked out in conjunction with the local authority and the police.
I assume they must be fairly urgent or they would have left it until the school summer holidays....

Riccardo

08-01-2003, 11:45 AM

Originally posted by Gark Moldberg
.....when is work due to start on the A23 Coulsdon bypass?

You are joking ?? :(

budgie

08-01-2003, 11:55 AM

Croydon to South Norwood by car on Monday night took me 35mins.

Bloody nightmare.

SKATE

08-01-2003, 12:36 PM

The traffic - including buses - is being diverted round whitehorse road, whitehorse lane and park Road. I wonder if they've considered what they are going to do when they close Park road on match days???????? It is complete chaos :sob:

BaldEagle96

08-01-2003, 02:58 PM

Oh great - it is bad enough getting there in normal traffic and now we have to put up with this... Oh well, time to think of plan B...

screamingalice

08-01-2003, 08:23 PM

Skate, good point about Park road and match days! They cant have thought that one out? Shudder to think what the traffic will be like on the 26th, it will be bad enough next Saturday. Any problems in Whitehorse Lane/Road over the next few weeks will bring the whole road network into Croydon from South London to total gridlock! There must be a better way?

Gark Moldberg

09-01-2003, 02:14 PM

'Fraid not Riccardo. You can download an acrobat file about it Here (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/streets/pdfdocs/schemes/Coulsden%20Town%20Centre.pdf)

I think it's due to start sometime in the spring.

What?

09-01-2003, 02:24 PM

So this will be happening when the Liverpool game is on then? That will be good, glad i get the train now!

RtS

09-01-2003, 03:07 PM

Does anyone know if you can still cross Selhurst Road (by Car!)from Gloucester Road into Dagnall Park Road. I usually manage to park around there and as I come up from Bath car is most convenient form of travel.
Thanks.

screamingalice

09-01-2003, 05:37 PM

Yes.

wighteagle

09-01-2003, 05:50 PM

Someone told me that they thought Whitehorse Lane would be closed one way on Saturday. Can anybody tell me if this is true?

Ruskin Old Boy

10-01-2003, 10:42 AM

Originally posted by Gark Moldberg
Is this due to Croydon Council or Network Rail?

Network Rail - nothing to do with Croydon Council who, like London tarnsport, have no powers in this respect.

arussell

10-01-2003, 01:23 PM

In case anyone wondered - the trains aren't affected and are running as normal (whatever normal is these days !).

You can also still walk through ok, on the side of the station.

c_block_lad

10-01-2003, 05:18 PM

But what about people who get off at near Selhurst Station on buses? Tis have to go to Norwood now!

screamingalice

10-01-2003, 10:52 PM

Check out the Wimbledon web site..

orpingtoneagle

11-01-2003, 08:13 PM

Originally posted by Maidstoned Eagle
But that would imply that Croydon Council gave a sh*t about Palace fans! :hmph:

or wimbledon fan <g>b

GreatGonzo

13-01-2003, 09:09 PM

I didn't tell you this but.......

The fire barrier the other side of the station, is forced open almost every day, so you 'may' be able to get through it on saturday!

The first day of the closure there was a queue from 1 end of Saxon road to the other and it must have taken about 40-60 mintes to drive 100 yards.

The traffic around here is horendous.

Just glad i live within 10 minutes walking distance of the ground!

screamingalice

14-01-2003, 09:55 AM

Sorry G.G. having used that route a few times last week, yesterday it was padlocked and blocked by bollards. Seems the council have found out a few locals were using that route to escape the chaos. Instead of allowing access on a temp basis to help lessen the traffic jams they as normal are doing their best to make lives hard as possible for Croydon people. It may be true that the bridge needs urgent repair, but a better thought out way of managing the traffic could have been found with a little thought, but then Croydon Council are not known for brains. Sorry but the bit in this Fridays Adder about Croydon being the best boro in London is utter rubbish!!

bald-eagle

14-01-2003, 11:10 AM

Not that I work for Croydon or anything, but I'm sure if you have a well thought out alternataive that takes all interested/affected parties into account they would like to see it?

GreatGonzo

15-01-2003, 04:47 PM

Originally posted by screamingalice
Sorry G.G. having used that route a few times last week, yesterday it was padlocked and blocked by bollards.
Indeed it usually is, but lets just say some determined people usually find a way! ;)

When i go to work i walk past the barrier and it is padlocked and bollarded (8am) but by the time i come home (6pm) it is wide open and people travelling through.

screamingalice

16-01-2003, 05:09 PM

Sorry G.G. it was not padlocked before, there was just a removable bolt, I know as I was one of those law breakers. They have now put a heavy padlock and protection cover to prevent us going down there with bolt cutters. Good article about it all in the Croydon Guardian today. Would strongly suggest anybody using that route allows at least extra 20 mins to get there on Saturday. Even worse there are new parking restrictions on Clifton and Park road coming on Monday if you read the public notices in the same edition of the C.G.

screamingalice

17-01-2003, 04:24 PM

Some good news the peoples popular front of Selhurst seem to have zapped the councils latest padlock and the gate has been open all day yesterday and today. Of course depending on how peacefull a Saturday afternoon they want, it may or may not be open tomorrow!

lightweight

18-01-2003, 07:18 PM

Originally posted by SKATE
I wonder if they've considered what they are going to do when they close Park road on match days???????? It is complete chaos :sob:

not sure exactly - but routes 75 & 157 were not stopping at Norwood Junction between 1pm & 6pm on matchdays

c_block_lad

19-01-2003, 04:56 PM

I got the 157/75 took about 15 minutes to get from Halfords on the Whitehorse Lane to Sainsbury's Selhurst!

lightweight

20-01-2003, 07:43 PM

Originally posted by arussell
In case anyone wondered - the trains aren't affected and are running as normal

except on Sunday see here (http://www.cpfc.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31551)

arussell

20-01-2003, 11:19 PM

Err, I know that.

The comment was typed at least a week before anyone knew about the closure !

lightweight

21-01-2003, 10:09 AM

Just providing an update for people that may not have seen it elsewhere. Seeing that might have been a bit misleading.

Samo*

21-01-2003, 10:19 AM

Will my train to gypsy hill from victoria be affected please,if so i might have to get find other means of transport to norwood junction.Or shall i go from victoria to clapham junction then to norwood or from reading tpo clapham junction to Norwood junction,there are a few options

Idealy i need to go from reading to victoria to gypsy hill then on to norwood junction :)

arussell

21-01-2003, 01:06 PM

Reading in to Clapham Junction and then back out again (platform 15 to Selhurst or Norwood Junction) would be easiest Samo

GreatGonzo

22-01-2003, 03:18 PM

The famous fire barrier the other side of the station has now been open for a week, i think the coucil have decided it is more trouble than it is worth to try and stop people breaking it

7Ps

23-01-2003, 08:07 AM

What's the traffic like on Whitehorse Road in the rush hours? Specifically on the bridge with the speed camera on it over the railway line.

A Wooden Fish On Wheels

19-02-2003, 12:50 AM

Originally posted by GreatGonzo
The famous fire barrier the other side of the station has now been open for a week, i think the coucil have decided it is more trouble than it is worth to try and stop people breaking it On Sunday it was a bit of pee to park right up close to the ground and get away in minutes by using the unofficial diversion under the bridge.

Anerley Eagle

04-03-2003, 05:53 PM

Good news everyone! The bridge is now OPEN!!! just got the bus home from Croydon and traffic is going down Selhurst road.

as216

04-03-2003, 06:39 PM

:lux: :lux: :lux:

lightweight

04-03-2003, 07:59 PM

Blimey it's early!!

Neil the Eagle

05-03-2003, 12:03 AM

Buggeration! It wasn't at noon today, must have reopned some time this afternoon or else they didn't take the signs down...

SKATE

07-03-2003, 07:44 AM

They have painted the bridges a very fetching red and blue :p

Strictly Palace

09-03-2003, 11:19 AM

Have they put pigeon nets up or will I still have to sprint under the bridge to try and avoid getting splatted, while desparately concentrating on not slipping on the pigeon produced sludge on the pavement?

Riccardo

10-03-2003, 03:07 PM

Originally posted by Strictly Palace
Have they put pigeon nets up or will I still have to sprint under the bridge to try and avoid getting splatted, while desparately concentrating on not slipping on the pigeon produced sludge on the pavement?

:o I used to have to do that when I somtimes drank in the Selhurst Arms, before the management change.

Dorking .Eagle

12-03-2003, 07:18 AM

It was heaven driving away from the game last night down Selhurst Road - hardly anyone was aware that the route under the bridge is open again, and must still be driving their "alternative" route, and I almost had the road to myself!!!!