Croxley tube station explained

Croxley
Symbol:underground
Tubecode:ZCO -->
Map Type:Hertfordshire
Coordinates:51.6475°N -0.4413°W
Manager:London Underground
Fare Zone:7
Locale:Croxley Green
Borough:Three Rivers
Events1:Opened as Croxley Green
Years1:2 November 1925
Events2:Renamed Croxley
Years2:23 May 1949
Events3:Goods yard closed[1]
Years3:14 November 1966
Platforms:2
Tubeexits06:0.656
Tubeexits07: 0.730
Tubeexits08: 0.750
Tubeexits09: 0.778 -->
Original:Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway
Postgroup:Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway

Croxley is a London Underground station located on Watford Road (A412) in Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, on the Watford branch of the Metropolitan line. It is the only intermediate station on the branch between, on the main line from to, and the terminus at .

It is in Travelcard Zone 7.

History

Croxley station opened on 2 November 1925 as "Croxley Green" on the Metropolitan Railway's extension to with lines connecting both and . However, this led to confusion as there was another Croxley Green opened by the LNWR in 1912, so it was renamed to "Croxley" in 1949. There had been shuttles running to and from Rickmansworth stations regularly but was withdrawn in January 1960, later reinstated in 1987 but only one in early morning and late evenings each way. The shuttles to Rickmansworth were later extended to Amersham following the introduction of the longer S8 Stock trains.

Metropolitan Line Extension

The Croxley Rail Link is a railway engineering project which would have resulted in the Watford branch services on the London Underground's Metropolitan line being diverted at Baldwins Lane from the current terminus at Watford tube station onto the alignment of the disused Watford and Rickmansworth Railway between Croxley Green railway station and Watford High Street stations before continuing to Watford Junction. The diversion would require the construction of a viaduct over the Grand Union Canal, River Gade and the A412.

On 25 January 2017, the Watford Observer newspaper published an update on the Croxley Rail Link confirming work had stopped as there was an ongoing funding issue.[2]

Notes and References

  1. How it used to be – freight on The Underground 50 years ago . Underground News . March 2011 . 591 . 175–183 . Brian . Hardy . London Underground Railway Society . 0306-8617 .
  2. Web site: UPDATE: Met Line extension: Mayor confirms work has stopped. 25 January 2017 .