Croxley tube station

Croxley
Station entrance
Croxley Location of Croxley in Hertfordshire
Location	Croxley Green
Local authority	Three Rivers
Managed by	London Underground
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	7
London Underground annual entry and exit
2012	0.89 million[1]
2013	0.92 million[1]
2014	1.03 million[1]
2015	1.06 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway
Key dates
2 November 1925	Opened as Croxley Green
23 May 1949	Renamed Croxley
14 November 1966	Goods yard closed[2]
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
WGS84	51°38′51″N 0°26′29″W / 51.6475°N 0.4413°WCoordinates: 51°38′51″N 0°26′29″W / 51.6475°N 0.4413°W
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Croxley, formerly Croxley Green, is a station on the London Underground at Croxley Green in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, on the Watford branch of the Metropolitan line. It was renamed 'Croxley' in 1949 to differentiate it from the now closed Croxley Green. It is the only intermediate station on the branch between the terminus at Watford and Moor Park on the main line from Baker Street to Amersham. It is in Travelcard Zone 7.

The station is situated on the A412 Watford Road in Croxley Green.

History

• 2 November 1925: station opened as "Croxley Green" on the Metropolitan Railway's extension to Watford opened from both Rickmansworth and Moor Park;
• 23 May 1949: station renamed "Croxley"
• 3 January 1960: Passenger service to Rickmansworth withdrawn
• 11 May 1987: early morning services from Rickmansworth reinstated

Croxley Rail Link

The Croxley Rail Link is a plan to divert the Watford Branch east of Croxley involving the closure of the terminus station at Watford (known as Watford Met) and its replacement by two new stations on the reinstated Croxley Green branch alignment, at Cassiobridge (near Croxley Green) and Watford Vicarage Road. Trains would call at Watford High Street before terminating at Watford Junction.

The formal procedure to close Watford station, as described in Schedule 8 of the Railways Act 2005 which involves a hearing organised by London TravelWatch has commenced.

External links

References

1. "Multi-year station entry-and-exit figures" (XLS). London Underground station passenger usage data. Transport for London. April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
2. Hardy, Brian, ed. (March 2011). "How it used to be - freight on The Underground 50 years ago". Underground News. London Underground Railway Society (591): 175–183. ISSN 0306-8617.