On Thu, 3 Apr 2008, Charles Ellson wrote:

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:49:39 -0700 (PDT), Mr Thant
wrote:

On 2 Apr, 23:30, Tom Anderson wrote:
And heading north. I saw a mention of a branch that was built to the
Croxley printworks - is this it? Seems a bit mad that this railway built
two separate branches that went to almost the same place. No wonder they
went bust.

The London Railway Atlas* says the branch to the north goes to
"Croxley Mill", very near Croxley Green station.

(* You really should buy a copy)

The two branches (Rickmansworth and Croxley Green) were built by
different companies at different times. Rickmansworth was first in the
1860s by a local company and Croxley Green later by the LNWR using
part of the route to Rickmansworth

But after the LNWR had bought the local company, no?

(later re-used again for the DC line from Watford Junction to Watford
High Street and Croxley depot). If I'm remembering the location of
Croxley Mills correctly then it was effectively just a siding built off
an existing railway.

Yes, that's about right.

tom

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