On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Boltar wrote:

On Apr 2, 10:48 am, wrote:

"The Croxley Rail Link is not just the icing on the cake for the
people of West Watford, it is the cherry on the icing of the cake."

Unless they're travelling to harrow or some other nearby suburb , why
would someone get the met from watford junction and be taken on a tour
of north west london when they could get a direct train to euston
instead?

They won't. Presumably, you'd like to see Croydon Tramlink closed down,
because it doesn't provide a sensible way to get to central London?

Watford is a major town, and a centre of employment, in its own right.
Lots and lots of people commute from surrounding smaller towns and
villages into it, as well as going there to shop, go out, etc. The problem
is that at the moment, they have to do this by road, precisely because the
railways are all London-centric. The Croxley link would turn the Amersham
branch of the Met into a very effective local line serving Watford, and
hopefully get a lot of people out of their cars. Adding a few extra
stations inside Watford doesn't hurt, either.

Although having said all that, a lot of the bumph surrounding the link
does frame it as a way of getting people into London, particularly from
the south of Watford, which seems a bit mad. Even if they run fast Mets
into London, it's going to have a really hard time competing with WCML
expresses. The local trains to Amersham seem to be more of a future
possibility than the driving force.

tom

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