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Old January 20th 09, 01:25 AM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Default Watford rail link support boost

On Jan 18, 5:14*pm, Mizter T wrote:
On 18 Jan, 21:56, "Peter Masson" wrote:





wrote:


"THC" wrote:
This is excellent news, although every time an additional approval for
the Croxley Rail Link is granted in this tortuous process, the cost
goes up and the proposed completion date stretches further away.


It states on the proposal that trains would run every ten minutes. Yet on
the Amersham branch there are now only two trains an hour (I think I am
correct in saying this?) how come there would be such a variance?


Current service from Watford - Baker Street is every 10 minutes. It is this,
and not the Amersham trains, that would be diverted to run from Watford
Junction. There have, however, in the past been suggestions that if the link
is built there should also be a shuttle service from Watford Junction to
Amersham or Chesham.


And the present Watford Met station would likely be closed.


There is little point in retaining Watford Met. TfL might want to
wait until the property market recovers before selling the real estate!