Watford Vicarage Road tube station explained

Watford Vicarage Road
Symbol:underground
Map Type:Hertfordshire
Coordinates:51.6466°N -0.4093°W
Label Position:top
Manager:London Underground
Locale:Watford
Borough:Watford
Platforms:2

Watford Vicarage Road was a proposed London Underground station in Watford, Hertfordshire. The station was proposed to be part of the suspended Croxley Rail Link project, a scheme to extend the Metropolitan line to Watford Junction railway station, which would've been served by Metropolitan line trains between Watford Junction and Central London via . Originally the station was to be named either Watford Hospital or Watford General Hospital. 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.[1]

Site

Watford Vicarage Road was to have been a newly constructed station on a re-opened section of the former LNWR Watford and Rickmansworth Railway line which was closed by British Rail in 1996.[2] The station was to have been located to the west of Vicarage Road, adjacent to Holywell allotments, with the platforms in the railway cutting below the road. The single-storey glass and metal-clad station building was to be at street level, with staircases and lifts providing platform access.[3] Designs for the new station, and others on the link, were prepared by Acanthus LW Architects.[4] [5]

The new station was to have been between the sites of two former railway stations on the old LNWR line; to the west of the former and to the east of the former Watford West railway station on Tolpits Lane.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] It was not planned to re-open these disused stations and the platforms at both former stations would have been removed or modified to accommodate the two new tracks.[11]

Name

The name originally proposed for the station was Watford Hospital, to reflect its proximity to Watford General Hospital. Local campaigners petitioned Transport for London (TfL) to name the station after Vicarage Road Stadium, home of Watford F.C., as they felt that it was a more easily recognised local landmark. TfL stated that their policy is not to name new stations after individual roads in order to ensure geographical understanding across the whole Tube network. However, in recognition of local opinion and the wider recognition of the Vicarage Road name in association with the football club, they agreed to waive this rule. On 8 August 2013 TfL announced that they would name the station Watford Vicarage Road.[12] [13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: UPDATE: Met Line extension: Mayor confirms work has stopped . 29 May 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170331033736/http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/15047214.UPDATE__Met_Line_extension__Mayor_confirms_work_has_stopped/ . 31 March 2017 . live . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Watford to Croxley Green . 2011 . West Watford History Group . https://web.archive.org/web/20130807204919/http://www.westwatfordhistorygroup.org/watfordtocroxleygreen.htm . 2013-08-07 . live .
  3. Web site: Croxley Rail Link Watford Vicarage Road Station - Report to Development Management Section Head. Hertfordshire County Council. 10 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150110104735/http://watford.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s6843/Item%208%20Croxley%20Rail%20Link%20-%20Vicarage%20Road%20Station.pdf. 10 January 2015. live. 21 January 2014.
  4. Web site: Croxley Rail Link Watford for Mouchel/Hertfordshire County Completion 2003 . 20 March 2012 .
  5. Web site: Acanthus LW Architects - Infrastructure (Croxley Rail Link)(Page 10-11) . 7 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150207193609/http://acanthuslw.com/wp2/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/ALW-Infrastructure-2013.pdf . 7 February 2015 . live . dmy-all .
  6. Web site: TWAO Submission January 2012 . . 2012-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120212195319/http://www.croxleyraillink.com/latest-news/twao-submission-january-2012.aspx . 12 February 2012 . dead . 8 January 2012 . dmy-all .
  7. Web site: Major Scheme Business Case - Main Report . 2009-10-30 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309040823/http://www.croxleyraillink.com/media/1898/croxley%20rail%20link%20msbc%20-%20main%20report.pdf . 2012-03-09 . live .
  8. Web site: Croxley Rail Link . . https://web.archive.org/web/20101102174226/http://www.croxleyraillink.com/ . 2 November 2010 . dead . 8 January 2012 . dmy-all .
  9. Web site: Major rail schemes included in £854m DfT investment . 2011-12-14 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130811085432/http://www.railnews.co.uk/news/general/2011/12/14-major-rail-schemes-included-in.html . 2013-08-11 . live .
  10. Web site: Croxley Rail Link - Proposed Scheme Sheet 3 Proposed Watford Hospital Station . November 2011 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20130811065153/http://www.croxleyraillink.com/media/30574/a4%20consultation%20drawings_c%203.pdf . 2013-08-11 . live .
  11. Web site: Croxley Rail Link Project: Design & Access Statement . December 2011 . Hertfordshire County Council . https://web.archive.org/web/20130811065154/http://www.croxleyraillink.com/downloads/TWAO2012/10b%20-%20Design%20and%20Access%20Statement.pdf . 2013-08-11 . live .
  12. Web site: Vicarage Road approved by Transport for London for Croxley Rail Link's West Watford station name . Watford Observer . 2013-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130809120840/http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/10600387.Vicarage_Road_station_approved_by_transport_bosses/ . 2013-08-09 . live .
  13. News: New Watford tube station to be called Vicarage Road . BBC News . 2013-08-09 . BBC . https://web.archive.org/web/20130811202603/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-23628476 . 2013-08-11 . live .

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