Watford Stadium railway station
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Watford Stadium Halt railway station is on a disused railway in Hertfordshire
, England
. It served Vicarage Road
stadium, home of Watford F.C.
, and was open only on matchdays. It still appears in lists of railway stations and still has published fares from other stations.
The track may be re-opened as part of the Metropolitan line
Croxley Rail Link
. It is not now planned to re-open the station because is deemed near enough to handle the stadium traffic but London Underground
has not ruled out opening the station on matchdays if future increased crowds justify it.
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It served Vicarage Road
Vicarage Road
Vicarage Road, a stadium in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, is the home of the football club Watford and their tenants, the Saracens rugby union club. An all-seater stadium, its current capacity is 17,477.-History:...
stadium, home of Watford F.C.
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
, and was open only on matchdays. It still appears in lists of railway stations and still has published fares from other stations.
The track may be re-opened as part of the Metropolitan line
Metropolitan Line
The Metropolitan line is part of the London Underground. It is coloured in Transport for London's Corporate Magenta on the Tube map and in other branding. It was the first underground railway in the world, opening as the Metropolitan Railway on 10 January 1863...
Croxley Rail Link
Croxley Rail Link
The Croxley Rail Link is a railway engineering proposal to re-route part of a London Underground line in Hertfordshire, outside London, UK. The project would divert Metropolitan line Watford branch services after station away from station to via intermediate stations using a reopened section of...
. It is not now planned to re-open the station because is deemed near enough to handle the stadium traffic but London Underground
London Underground
The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
has not ruled out opening the station on matchdays if future increased crowds justify it.
External links
- View pictures of the Croxley Green branchline in its final years
- Watford Stadium - description on DisusedTube.co.uk