Watford West is a disused railway station in

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on the branch line from to , last operated in 1996.

History

The station opened in 1912 and was temporarily closed in 1996 before being permanently closed on 23 September 2003, . Facilities at the station had been downgraded in the years prior to closure. At first the station was temporarily closed so the remaining station furniture, including the lampposts, drivers mirrors and the station and street-level signage, was left in situ. By the time clearance work began at the site in preparation for the

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both mirrors had collapsed and almost all of the station-level signage had disappeared. The Watford Observer newspaper published an update on 25 January 2017, confirming work had stopped on the Croxley Rail Link because of an ongoing funding issue. In 2004–05, after the station was mothballed, ten passengers purchased tickets for travel to the station.

Gallery

File:Watford West Railway Station.jpg, The station in April 2005 File:Watford West railway station (disused) - geograph.org.uk - 735523.jpg, The overgrown remains of the station (2008) File:Watford West Station-April 2014.jpg, Clearance work being carried out at the site of the station (2014) File:Watford West May2014.JPG, The remains of the station (May 2014)

References

External links

Picture of Watford West station in June 1985 and of the line shortly after closureFootage of Watford West station filmed in 1990
* ttp://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/watford_west/index.shtml Pictures of Watford West station when open and in the years after abandonmentbr>Pictures of the Croxley line, including Watford West station, taken in 2009Croxley Rail Link - official websiteTfL - Croxley Rail Link
{{Closed stations Hertfordshire Disused railway stations in Watford Former London and North Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1912 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1996 1912 establishments in England 1996 disestablishments in England