Croxley tube station

London Underground station

Croxley is located in Hertfordshire
Croxley
Croxley
Location of Croxley in Hertfordshire
LocationCroxley GreenLocal authorityThree RiversManaged byLondon UndergroundNumber of platforms2Fare zone7London Underground annual entry and exit2018Decrease 1.05 million[1]2019Increase 1.12 million[2]2020Decrease 0.52 million[3]2021Decrease 0.49 million[4]2022Increase 0.81 million[5]Railway companiesOriginal companyMetropolitan and Great Central Joint RailwayPost-groupingMetropolitan and Great Central Joint RailwayKey dates2 November 1925Opened as Croxley Green23 May 1949Renamed Croxley14 November 1966Goods yard closed[6]Other informationExternal links
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Coordinates51°38′51″N 0°26′29″W / 51.6475°N 0.4413°W / 51.6475; -0.4413 London transport portal

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 Moor Park, on the main line from Baker Street to Amersham, and the terminus at Watford.

It is in Travelcard Zone 7.

History

Croxley station opened on 2 November 1925 as "Croxley Green" on the Metropolitan Railway's extension to Watford with lines connecting both Rickmansworth and Moor Park. 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 There had been shuttles running to and from Rickmansworth stations regularly but was withdrawn in January 1960, later reinstated in 1987 but only one in early morning and late evenings each way.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.[7]

Preceding station London Underground Following station
Watford
Terminus
Metropolitan line
Watford branch
Moor Park
Metropolitan line
Watford branch (North Curve)
Rickmansworth
Abandoned Croxley Rail Link
Moor Park Metropolitan line Cassiobridge

References

  1. ^ "Station Usage Data" (CSV). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2018. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2019. Transport for London. 23 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2020. Transport for London. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2021. Transport for London. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Station Usage Data" (XLSX). Usage Statistics for London Stations, 2022. Transport for London. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be – freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News (591). London Underground Railway Society: 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.
  7. ^ "UPDATE: Met Line extension: Mayor confirms work has stopped".

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