From eWatford Observer, 2:19pm Thursday 28th May 2009


Croxley Rail Link 'complete by 2014'

By Filip Hnizdo »


A timetable and funding plan for the long-delayed Croxley Rail Link
proposal has been drafted.
Hertfordshire County Council has announced it hopes to have the
£26million project complete by January 2014.
The recently published East of England Regional Authority's funding
advice document suggests a £119.5million government grant for the
project. London Underground is set to contribute an additional
£18.5million.
The East of England Regional Authority indicated that the project
would be delivered around 2017 but Hertfordshire County Council says
it hopes to bring this date forward.
Public consultations are planned for this summer with a Transport and
Works application set to be submitted in May next year. A public
inquiry is proposed for February 2011.
The rail project would link the Metropolitan Line on the London
Underground with Watford Junction rail station with new stations being
opened in Ascot Road and near the proposed Watford Health Campus and
Vicarage Road Stadium.
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John Burke
WRUG

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From eWatford Observer, 2:19pm Thursday 28th May 2009


Croxley Rail Link 'complete by 2014'

By Filip Hnizdo »


A timetable and funding plan for the long-delayed Croxley Rail Link
proposal has been drafted.
Hertfordshire County Council has announced it hopes to have the
£26million project complete by January 2014.
The recently published East of England Regional Authority's funding
advice document suggests a £119.5million government grant for the
project. London Underground is set to contribute an additional
£18.5million.
The East of England Regional Authority indicated that the project
would be delivered around 2017 but Hertfordshire County Council says
it hopes to bring this date forward.
Public consultations are planned for this summer with a Transport and
Works application set to be submitted in May next year. A public
inquiry is proposed for February 2011.
The rail project would link the Metropolitan Line on the London
Underground with Watford Junction rail station with new stations being
opened in Ascot Road and near the proposed Watford Health Campus and
Vicarage Road Stadium.
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John Burke
WRUG

Thats excellent news! Does that mean the current Watford station will close?
Bet the residents nearby will not be too happy. Also trains "Semi Fast
Watford Junction" trains

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Thats excellent news! Does that mean the current Watford station will
close?

Yes

On May 28, 1:58*pm, wrote:

Thats excellent news! Does that mean the current Watford station will close?
Bet the residents nearby will not be too happy. Also trains "Semi Fast
Watford Junction" trains

The existing Met. Station, IIRC is next to Canonbury Park. I doubt
many folks will be inconvenienced. Many, many more Metroland
residents will gain the benefit of a main line connection.

On May 28, 1:58*pm, wrote:

Thats excellent news! Does that mean the current Watford station will close?
Bet the residents nearby will not be too happy. Also trains "Semi Fast
Watford Junction" trains

The existing Met. Station, IIRC is next to Cassiobury Park. I doubt
many folks will be inconvenienced. Many, many more Metroland
residents will gain the benefit of a main line connection.

"1506" wrote in message
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The existing Met. Station, IIRC is next to Cassiobury Park. I doubt
many folks will be inconvenienced. Many, many more Metroland
residents will gain the benefit of a main line connection.


Will the Croxley Rail Link facilitate plans to re-extend the Bakerloo Line
from Harrow & Wealdstone to Watford Junction? What's going with that,
anyway?

On May 30, 2:42*am, wrote:
"1506" wrote in message

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The existing Met. Station, IIRC is next to Cassiobury Park. *I doubt

many folks will be inconvenienced. * Many, many more Metroland
residents will gain the benefit of a main line connection.

Will the Croxley Rail Link facilitate plans to re-extend the Bakerloo Line
from Harrow & Wealdstone to Watford Junction? What's going with that,
anyway?

AFIK extending the Bakerloo is fading back into obscurity. I don't
see any negative issues. But mixing tube with mainline and subsurface
stoke means that the platforms have to be compromise height. Better
in my view to keep the Bakerloo as is, and extend the East London Line.

1506 wrote:

AFIK extending the Bakerloo is fading back into obscurity. I don't
see any negative issues. But mixing tube with mainline and subsurface
stoke means that the platforms have to be compromise height. Better
in my view to keep the Bakerloo as is, and extend the East London Line.

That didn't seem to be a problem for the 65 years (1917-1982) that the
Bakerloo ran to Watford Junction. And of course it remains the situation
from Queens Park to Harrow & Wealdstone.

Peter Beale

On May 30, 2:42*am, wrote:
"1506" wrote in message

...

The existing Met. Station, IIRC is next to Cassiobury Park. *I doubt

many folks will be inconvenienced. * Many, many more Metroland
residents will gain the benefit of a main line connection.

Will the Croxley Rail Link facilitate plans to re-extend the Bakerloo Line
from Harrow & Wealdstone to Watford Junction? What's going with that,
anyway?

AFIK extending the Bakerloo is fading back into obscurity. I don't
see any negative issues. But, mixing tube with mainline and
subsurface
stock means that the platforms have to be compromise height. Better
in my view to keep the Bakerloo as is, and extend the East London
Line.

On 28 May, 21:47, wrote:
Hertfordshire County Council has announced it hopes to have the
£26million project complete by January 2014.

Not surprised - but very happy - to hear this. I noticed from the
Regional Funding Allocation statement that CRL funding was due to be
spent by 2013/4 instead of 2017/8 as proposed at the end of 2008.
That said, what chance the Tories ditching all this when they attain
power nationally next year?

THC