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Category: Croxley Rail Link

Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 May 2021

On 3 May 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Croxley Rail Link, Cycles, Friday Reads, HS2, Maps, Overground

• Three train companies to increase services to 1,000 a week (RailTechMag) • History of the Watford DC Line (AshleyRabot) • Redefining & redesigning the Nantes tramway (Trams&UrbanTransit) • Tube style bike maps simplify cycling …

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TfL Confirm Gap in Croxley Rail Link Funding

On 21 June 2017 By John Bull In Croxley Rail Link, London Underground, Metropolitan line

In December 2016 we wrote about the curious absence of the Metropolitan line extension to Watford (the Croxley Rail link) from the TfL Business Plan. Sources at the time suggested that the extension was facing …

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One of Our Extensions is Missing: The Precarious Status of Croxley Rail Link

On 16 December 2016 By John Bull In Croxley Rail Link, Metropolitan line

The release of the draft TfL Business Plan always results in a flurry of activity within LR Towers as it gives a good insight into the thinking and direction that transport policy in the Capital …

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Croxley Rail Link Granted Transport Works Act Order

On 25 July 2013 By John Bull In Croxley Rail Link, London Underground, Metropolitan line

The Croxley Rail Link – which will see the Metropolitan Line diverted from Watford to Watford Junction, via new stations at Ascot Road, Watford Hospital – and Watford High Street, has been granted a Transport …

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Croxley: Maximum Milk, Minimum Moo

On 20 December 2011 By John Bull In Croxley Rail Link, Metropolitan line

Last Wednesday saw funding confirmed for a project that many had thought would never see the light of day – the Croxley Rail Link. The Croxley Rail Link is a project that London Reconnections has …

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Croxley Rail Link Added to DfT Funding Considerations

On 14 February 2011 By John Bull In Croxley Rail Link, Metropolitan line

Back in October, with the Spending Review in full effect, the DfT announced the fate of a number of local transport projects nominated by the now-defunct Regional Development Agencies. With the funding pot now far …

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Croxley Rail Link Resurfaces

On 27 October 2010 By John Bull In Construction projects, Croxley Rail Link, DfT, Metropolitan line

All has been (unsurprisingly) quiet on the Croxley front since the then newly appointed Coalition Government first announced its Spending Review. The scheme, which would see the Metropolitan Line extended to Watford Junction via Croxley, …

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