Tube closed permanently to make Croydon safer – Newsroom

A public Tube near East Croydon station which attracted repeated anti-social behavior has been closed permanently to make the area safer and cleaner.

A fire in the subway under Altyre Road has led to entrances being closed and cordoned off to prevent entry to the disused and unsafe site. However, people still gained illegal access to set up an unauthorized camp in the metro, leading to further anti-social behaviour.

Jason Perry, Chief Executive of Croydon, is committed to making Croydon cleaner and safer for everyone, especially in the town centre. The subway closure is part of the work of the council’s new city center task force – a group of key statutory, community and voluntary sector organizations working together to share information to clean up hotspot areas and tackle anti-social behaviour.

The subway is now temporarily secured with steel gates and fences, preventing further access and reducing the risk of more serious incidents taking place there. It will be filled and not used again. Pedestrians wishing to cross the road will not be affected by the closure and will be able to do so using designated crossings.

Jason Perry, Croydon’s chief executive, said: “I want to make sure the people of Croydon are safe when they walk around the borough. The antisocial behavior in this subway resulted in a serious fire that devastated the site and for safety reasons it was closed. The subway was not certain to reopen as a public right of way. Our community outreach teams have sensitively supported everyone involved and continue to help anyone involved in such incidents to prevent problems from happening again.”