Location Watford 2012 No Data 2014 No Data Number of platforms 2 | Managed by London Underground 2013 No Data 2015 No Data | |
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Similar Watford Vicarage Road tub, London Underground, Croxley tube station, Watford Central tube station, Watford West railway st | ||
Cassiobridge is a planned London Underground station in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. The station will be on the Metropolitan line's Croxley Rail Link extension to Watford Junction. The railway line will run over Ascot Road via a viaduct and the platforms will be situated on the east side of the road. Entrance to the station will be from the west side of the road, with a ticket hall and other facilities at street level. Passengers will gain access to the platforms via stairs and lifts and a short footbridge over the road.
The station is projected to offer interchange with local transport services, and will operate as an unstaffed station, providing automatic ticketing facilities similar to a DLR station. There is also potential for Park and Ride facilities to be provided, although planning documents indicate high levels of congestion on adjacent roads.
After the new line is opened Watford station will be closed to passenger services, so that all trains from Croxley will continue to Watford Junction. Cassiobridge also replaces the disused British Rail terminus of Croxley Green.
The railway and station are now expected to come into service in 2020.
Station name
Originally the station was to be called Ascot Road but some local people and councillors considered that this name would not reflect the identity of the area. Transport planners also expressed concern that the new tube station could be too easily confused with Ascot Station in Berkshire. After some consultation on the names of the two new stations on the line, it was decided in August 2013 to use the name Cassiobridge instead, while the planned Watford Hospital station was changed to Watford Vicarage Road to be more recognisable outside the area.
Cassiobridge as a name has some historical provenance. There was a Cassiobridge Farm close to a bridge over the River Gade and nearby there is an early 19th-century timber house called Cassiobridge Lodge. These properties are linked with the former stately home of Cassiobury House and its estate, now the public Cassiobury Park, and the surrounding suburb of Cassiobury. The two modern bridges in the area now carry the A412 road over the Grand Union Canal and the River Gade.