On Apr 3, 3:15*am, Charles Ellson wrote:
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 (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.

The history of the various railways between Watford and Ricky is
covered in the excellent "West of Watford" by F.W. Goudie and D.
Stuckey, published by Forge Books in 1990 (ISBN 0 9046 6218 7).
Unfortunately this book is long out of print and is now as rare as
hen's teeth, but is well worth tracking down.

On that note, the copies supposedly available on Amazon are all
actually "Railways of Richmond" from the same publisher and only
appear as WoW thanks to an ISBN transposition error.

THC