On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Boltar wrote:

On 2 Apr, 19:04, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Boltar wrote:
On Apr 2, 10:48 am, wrote:

"The Croxley Rail Link is not just the icing on the cake for the
people of West Watford, it is the cherry on the icing of the cake."

Unless they're travelling to harrow or some other nearby suburb , why
would someone get the met from watford junction and be taken on a tour
of north west london when they could get a direct train to euston
instead?

Watford is a major town, and a centre of employment, in its own right.

True , but a lot of that employment is in industrial estates around the
town (I used to work in one of them back in the mid 90s) which with the
best will in the world arn't exactly easy walking distance from watford
junction.

That's true enough. But bear in mind that other stations are being added
to the system: Watford High Street already exists, but will gain the
Croxley service, and that's pretty close to all the stuff on the southeast
corner of town (although i think that's mostly commercial); the estates on
the southwest corner of town aren't that far from the Ascot Way station,
and actually not that far from the existing Croxley LU, which will gain
more trains. For places on the northeast side of town, though, no, the new
train won't be so great. Unless they can work out through running onto the
St Albans Abbey branch!

Interestingly, running right through the middle of the huge industrial
estates on the southwest side of town is the old Watford and Rickmansworth
Railway alignment, now a cycle path. Perhaps one day that could also be
brought back into the fold.

tom

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