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
2019	1.12 million
2020	0.52 million
2021	0.49 million
2022	0.81 million
2023	0.84 million
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
Other information
External links	TfL station info page
Coordinates	51.6475°N 0.4413°W / 51.6475; -0.4413
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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 Watford and Moor Park stations.

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 There had been shuttles running to and from Rickmansworth stations regularly but was withdrawn in January 1960, later reinstated in 1987 but only one in early morning and late evenings each way.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.

Preceding station	London Underground			Following station
Watford Terminus		Metropolitan line Watford branch		Moor Park towards Baker Street or Aldgate
		Metropolitan line Watford branch (North Curve) Limited service		Rickmansworth towards Rickmansworth or Chesham
Abandoned Croxley Rail Link
Moor Park towards Baker Street or Aldgate		Metropolitan line		Cassiobridge towards Watford Junction