CROXLEY GREEN - WATFORD HIGH STREET (Pt.3)

(1912 - 1996)

You might find contemporary maps that still show this line as temporarily closed
but since when has a temporary closure of a line involved removing some of the track
and demolishing a bridge and all of the station buildings?

An application was submitted to close the line permanently/officially (from June 2001,
despite the fact that no train has run along it since March 1996) and only the plans to
divert the Metropolitan Line's Watford branch along it, would see it re-opened.

For details of the proposed reopening plans, click here.

 

 

 

(photo: 2001)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(photo: 2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watford West station viewed from the Watford end.

(photo: 2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entrance to Watford Stadium station. This station being very close to Watford West station, wouldn't be re-opened in the event of the Metropolitan Line taking over the branch.

(photo: 2001)

 

 

 

Watford Stadium station platform.

(photo: 2002)

 

 

 

This station was listed in a contemporary copy of the A-Z as Watford Stadium Halt.

(photo: 2002)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking back toward the Watford Stadium station. The bridge is only wide enough for one track on top but the bridge arch below is wide enough to accommodate an extra track.

(photo: 2002)

 

Part 4