Watford and Rickmansworth Railway
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The Watford and Rickmansworth Railway was a short-lived railway that, quite unsurprisingly, ran between Watford and Rickmansworth, it was incororated in 1860 and actually opened in 1862. It had three stations, Watford Junction, Watford High Street, and Rickmansworth (Church Street), and it's depot was situated on Wiggenhall Road in Watford.
The railway was not financially successful, despite attempts to remedy their financial problems by opening several freight branches; the most notable being to the Croxley printers and to the Grand Union Canal at Croxley Green. The company was eventually absorbed by the burgeoning LNWR in 1881, whose station they shared at Watford Junction. The LNWR expanded the passenger services on the Croxley Green branch, eventually electrifying it as part of their New Line project.
On a side note: As part of the proposals for the unbuilt Watford and Edgware Railway, the line could have been extended onwards from Rickmansworth in the direction of High Wycombe.
