On Mar 29, 10:38 am, "burkey" wrote:
There is now an oline petition to find funding for the building the
Croxley Rail Link, please take the time to sign it.

Click he We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to find
funding for the Metropolitan Line extension to Watford Junc

Many thanks

John Burke
WRUG

Why doesn't Tony's mate Ken fund it, now TfL controls the dc lines out
to watford Junc as well. Mind you Ken is up to his eyeballs funding
the East London Line, North London Line and the Olympics.
Maybe they have sussed that there isn't really the local will for this
link.

Kevin

Kev wrote:
Why doesn't Tony's mate Ken fund it, now TfL controls the dc lines out
to watford Junc as well. Mind you Ken is up to his eyeballs funding
the East London Line, North London Line and the Olympics.
Maybe they have sussed that there isn't really the local will for this
link.

Depends where 'local' is. For those of us out to the west or north-west of
Watford (and probably the south-west as well) a direct link to Watford
Junction and West Coast Main Line services would be warmly welcomed. The
long trek from Watford Met, across Cassiobury Park and down Rickmansworth
Road, is exceedingly tiresome!

On Mar 29, 2:38 pm, "Jack Taylor" wrote:
Kev wrote:
Why doesn't Tony's mate Ken fund it, now TfL controls the dc lines out
to watford Junc as well. Mind you Ken is up to his eyeballs funding
the East London Line, North London Line and the Olympics.
Maybe they have sussed that there isn't really the local will for this
link.

Depends where 'local' is. For those of us out to the west or north-west of
Watford (and probably the south-west as well) a direct link to Watford
Junction and West Coast Main Line services would be warmly welcomed. The
long trek from Watford Met, across Cassiobury Park and down Rickmansworth
Road, is exceedingly tiresome!

Ask the general populace of SW Herts about what they thought of the
Croxley rail link and I doubt that 95% would know what you were
talking about. Probabley need to make that 98%.
Bearing in mind that the bulk of WCML users will be business users
they will be using taxi or private car to Watford Junc anyway so I
don't think that they will be too bothered.

Kevin

On 29 Mar 2007 06:51:12 -0700, "Kev" wrote:

On Mar 29, 2:38 pm, "Jack Taylor" wrote:
Kev wrote:
Why doesn't Tony's mate Ken fund it, now TfL controls the dc lines out
to watford Junc as well. Mind you Ken is up to his eyeballs funding
the East London Line, North London Line and the Olympics.
Maybe they have sussed that there isn't really the local will for this
link.

TfL doesn't control the DC lines, it will only be responsible for
service specification and re-franchising of the Silverlink Metro
service from sometime this year while the infrastructure remains with
Network Rail.

Depends where 'local' is. For those of us out to the west or north-west of
Watford (and probably the south-west as well) a direct link to Watford
Junction and West Coast Main Line services would be warmly welcomed. The
long trek from Watford Met, across Cassiobury Park and down Rickmansworth
Road, is exceedingly tiresome!

Ask the general populace of SW Herts about what they thought of the
Croxley rail link and I doubt that 95% would know what you were
talking about. Probabley need to make that 98%.
Bearing in mind that the bulk of WCML users will be business users
they will be using taxi or private car to Watford Junc anyway so I
don't think that they will be too bothered.

"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
...

Ask the general populace of SW Herts about what they thought of the
Croxley rail link and I doubt that 95% would know what you were
talking about. Probabley need to make that 98%.
Bearing in mind that the bulk of WCML users will be business users
they will be using taxi or private car to Watford Junc anyway so I
don't think that they will be too bothered.

That's a circular argument. Of course they are currently using cars in
preference to the Croxley Link, because the Link doesn't exist.

Sounds like a good idea to me, if it gives a link to the WCML northbound
from places like Harrow, Rickmansworth, Pinner etc without going via London.

Government keeps talking about capacity improvements - but they need to
understand that sometimes this involves spending some money.

Regards

Jonathan

On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:08:21 +0100, "Jonathan Morton"
wrote:

"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
.. .

Ask the general populace of SW Herts about what they thought of the
Croxley rail link and I doubt that 95% would know what you were
talking about. Probabley need to make that 98%.
Bearing in mind that the bulk of WCML users will be business users
they will be using taxi or private car to Watford Junc anyway so I
don't think that they will be too bothered.

That's a circular argument. Of course they are currently using cars in
preference to the Croxley Link, because the Link doesn't exist.

Sounds like a good idea to me, if it gives a link to the WCML northbound
from places like Harrow,

Harrow and Wealdstone to Euston or Watford Junction ?

Rickmansworth,

Rickmansworth (Church Street) to ditto ?

Pinner etc

Hatch End to ditto ?

without going via London.

Government keeps talking about capacity improvements - but they need to
understand that sometimes this involves spending some money.

"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:08:21 +0100, "Jonathan Morton"
wrote:

"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
. ..

Ask the general populace of SW Herts about what they thought of the
Croxley rail link and I doubt that 95% would know what you were
talking about. Probabley need to make that 98%.
Bearing in mind that the bulk of WCML users will be business users
they will be using taxi or private car to Watford Junc anyway so I
don't think that they will be too bothered.

That's a circular argument. Of course they are currently using cars in
preference to the Croxley Link, because the Link doesn't exist.

Sounds like a good idea to me, if it gives a link to the WCML northbound
from places like Harrow,

Harrow and Wealdstone to Euston or Watford Junction ?

Rickmansworth,

Rickmansworth (Church Street) to ditto ?

Would that be the Rickmansworth Church Street that closed in 1952?

Peter Smyth

"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
...

Sounds like a good idea to me, if it gives a link to the WCML northbound
from places like Harrow,

Harrow and Wealdstone to Euston or Watford Junction ?

Nowhere near Harrow.

Etc.

Is it just a co-incidence that this "oh my god, hands up in horror, what's
the point, nothing can be done and even if it could it wouldn't work so why
try" thread appears at the same time as "Airdrie to Bathgate re-opening".

Regards

Jonathan

On Mar 29, 10:08 pm, "Jonathan Morton"
wrote:
"Charles Ellson" wrote in message

...

Ask the general populace of SW Herts about what they thought of the
Croxley rail link and I doubt that 95% would know what you were
talking about. Probabley need to make that 98%.
Bearing in mind that the bulk of WCML users will be business users
they will be using taxi or private car to Watford Junc anyway so I
don't think that they will be too bothered.

That's a circular argument. Of course they are currently using cars in
preference to the Croxley Link, because the Link doesn't exist.

Sounds like a good idea to me, if it gives a link to the WCML northbound
from places like Harrow, Rickmansworth, Pinner etc without going via London.

Government keeps talking about capacity improvements - but they need to
understand that sometimes this involves spending some money.

Regards

Jonathan

I can just imagine all those business users getting out of their cars
if the link was there. The link doesn't actually do anything about
increasing capacity. I do actually agree with the link, my only
concern is why the cost is so high and whether it is cost affective. I
can think of much better ways of delivering a better service for the
people in SW Herts for the amount of money being spent.

Kevin