Rickmansworth station

Rickmansworth is a north-west of London in Travelcard Zone 7 station It is located at the Rectory Road in the town of Rickmansworth, in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire. Rickmansworth is one of 14 stations of the London Underground, which are outside of Greater London. 1.869 million subway passengers used the station in 2011, added 0.286 million passengers by rail.

Operation

The station has three tracks with one side and a central platform. There are metro and suburban trains of the Metropolitan Line of the railway company Chiltern Railways. Almost all trains of the Metropolitan line, which is running over Rickmansworth, are regarded as high-speed trains, as they pass on the way to Baker Street in downtown several stations without stopping ( except in the off-peak hours ). Trains Chiltern Railways, however, does not stop during rush hour, as the platforms are too short for the set up at this time of longer trains. Early morning run single metropolitan trains directly to and from Watford.

The double track section from the branching Croxleyhall Junction east of Rickmansworth to Amersham has a particular operating situation: All trains, both the electric subway and diesel multiple units and freight trains of the railway, drive on the same tracks.

History

The opening of the station took place on September 1, 1887 by the Metropolitan Railway ( predecessor company of the Metropolitan Line). First Rickmansworth was almost two years terminus, was up on July 8, 1889, the opening of the extension in the direction of Aylesbury. On September 2, 1925, a connecting track between Rickmansworth and opened on the same day branch line to Watford was put into operation.

Also since that day there was in Rickmansworth a operational separation of the Metropolitan Line with a change of railcars on steam locomotive after the subway tracks were electrified in the direction of London. The sections to Amersham and Chesham were electrified but only on 12 September 1960 the last steam-powered train wrong on September 10, 1961. The regularly scheduled traffic on the connecting track to Watford branch line was set on January 3, 1960 since 11 However, in May 1987 again use some of the features this connection.