Watford High Street railway station
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| Watford High Street | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Watford | ||
| Local authority | Watford | ||
| Operations | |||
| Managed by | London Overground | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.490 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.458 million | ||
| Transport for London | |||
| Zone | 8 | ||
| History | |||
| 1862 1917 1982 |
Opened (W&RR) Started (Bakerloo Line) Ended (Bakerloo Line) |
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| Transport for London List of London stations: Underground | National Rail |
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Watford High Street from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Watford High Street railway station is a railway station in Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The local lines make a wide loop away from the main lines to serve this station.
The station was opened by the Watford and Rickmansworth Railway (W&RR) on 1 October 1862.
The Bakerloo Line was extended through this station to Watford Junction in 1917, but in 1982 it was cut back to Harrow & Wealdstone leaving the section north of there served only by British Rail's Watford DC Line (from London Euston to Watford Junction) which is now part of the London Overground network; this service uses the 750 V DC lines for its "all stations" local service with the 4th (600 Volts DC) rail now redundant.
The Croxley Rail Link [1] to divert the Metropolitan Line's Watford branch to Watford Junction via the disused Croxley Green branch has been heavily supported and would see the return of London Underground trains, albeit formed of the Metropolitan Line's surface stock rather than the deep level stock of the Bakerloo Line.
[edit] Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a service every 20 minutes northbound to Watford Junction and southbound to Euston on London Overground's Watford DC Line. Evenings and Sundays there is a half-hourly service in each direction.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/networkandservices/2053.aspx TfL's view of the Croxley Rail Link
[edit] External links
- Train times for Watford High Street station from National Rail
- Watford High Street railway station is at coordinates Coordinates:
| Preceding station |  London Overground |
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Terminus
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Watford DC Line |
towards Euston
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| Disused Railways | ||||
| Watford Junction | British Rail Rickmansworth Branch |
Rickmansworth (Church Street) |
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| Silverlink Croxley Green Branch |
Watford Stadium | |||
| Proposed | ||||
 London Underground |
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Terminus
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Metropolitan line |
towards Baker Street or Aldgate
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