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
2008	0.750 million[1]
2009	0.778 million[1]
2010	0.780 million[1]
Original company	Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway
Post-grouping	Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Railway
2 November 1925	Opened as Croxley Green
23 May 1949	Renamed Croxley
14 November 1966	Goods yard closed[2]
List of stations	Underground · National Rail
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Coordinates: 51°38′51″N 0°26′29″W / 51.6475°N 0.4413°W / 51.6475; -0.4413

Croxley Station (formerly named Croxley Green Station) is a London Underground station at Croxley Green in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire. It is on the Watford branch of the Metropolitan Line. It was renamed 'Croxley' in 1949 so as differentiate itself from the now closed Croxley Green.

The only intermediate station on the branch, Croxley lies between Watford, (the terminus) and Moor Park on the main line from Baker Street to Amersham. It is in Travelcard Zone 7. The southbound platform at Croxley is unusual in that it has no station starter signal.

The station is situated on the corner of Watford Road and Winton Drive 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 re-named "Croxley"
• 3 January 1960: line closed between Croxley and Rickmansworth
• 11 May 1987: early morning services from Rickmansworth reinstated

Link to Watford Junction

The Croxley Rail Link is a proposal to divert the Watford Branch east of Croxley to Watford Junction station. In 2005, plans were approved to link the line through Croxley which terminates at Watford, via a deviation to the much more important station at Watford Junction. Intermediate stations would be built or rebuilt at Ascot Road (near the old Croxley Green), Watford West and Watford High Street.

Gallery

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  Looking north from the platforms at Croxley

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  Platforms at Croxley

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  Roundel for Croxley

		Current service pattern
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Watford Terminus		Metropolitan line		Moor Park towards Baker Street or Aldgate
		After Croxley Rail Link opens
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Ascot Road towards Watford Junction		Metropolitan line		Moor Park towards Baker Street or Aldgate

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Customer metrics: entries and exits". London Underground performance update. Transport for London. 2003-2010. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/corporate/modesoftransport/tube/performance/default.asp?onload=entryexit. Retrieved 8 May 2011. 
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.