DaveWhitfield published Tram passengers offered reassurance after fatal Croydon crash

The trade body which oversees tram systems in the UK has reassured passengers about safety following a crash in Croydon in which at least five people died.More than 50 people were also injured, some seriously, when the tram derailed and tipped onto its side next to an underpass at 6.10am today. It is the first fatal accident involving tram passengers since 1959, when a tram caught fire in Glasgow.The Tramlink system which serves Croydon, South London, uses trams built by Bombardier, which also..