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Metropolitan Line Extension (MLX/Croxley Rail Link)

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rebmcr

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A long shot, but one never knows...

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A chance for the gov to swoop in and claim that they're delivering what Khan couldn't? Might not be such a long shot.

I note there is no conclusion on whether TfL would take the whole farebox, but I find it likely that any deal under the 'shovel ready' program would take the opportunity to stipulate the same diversion to the council's loan repayments.
 
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Thread reopened to allow @D365 to provide an update.
Thanks @Mag_seven.

The following is an excerpt from Railway Gazette:

Consultancies commissioned to assess options for Watford to Croxley Link​

Three transport consultancies have been awarded contracts to independently develop innovative and ‘creative, but deliverable, viable and feasible’ concepts for transport on the Watford to Croxley Link.

The disused railway between Croxley and Watford Junction was to have been used for the Metropolitan Line Extension project to divert the London Underground. This was eventually cancelled as being unaffordable, but Hertfordshire County Council says the challenges which the project was intended to address still remain, and it is working with Watford Borough Council, Three Rivers District Council and Network Rail on new ideas for the alignment.

The council has previously suggested that these options could include active travel, e-mobility, autonomous shared mobility such as pod vehicles, or various forms of mass rapid transit.

Atkins, Systra and Wood Group have now been awarded contracts worth £25 000 to develop design concepts by spring 2023. Up to two of these concepts will then then progress to further developemnt under contracts of up to £100 000 each. This could lead to the production of a strategic outline case to support future bids for funding.
The gist being that three Croxley Link concepts have been commissioned, with the potential for two to be further developed. All in a push to bid for future funding...
 

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I can't see HCC investing in anything, but they do love to produce fancy, OTT, brochures and visions of the future - before then doing nothing and regurgitating it in a future 'local plan'.
 

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Literally the only thing that makes sense is what was proposed for the MLX, and that has been deemed unaffordable. So all seems a bit pointless, really.
 

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Literally the only thing that makes sense is what was proposed for the MLX, and that has been deemed unaffordable. So all seems a bit pointless, really.

But if some consultants can make a few quid...
 

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Will the fact that Watford has been confirmed as the site for a new District hospital have any bearing on the decision?
 

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Will the fact that Watford has been confirmed as the site for a new District hospital have any bearing on the decision?
They conveniently ignored the hospital, just like with Camberwell Station reopening consultation.

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Will the fact that Watford has been confirmed as the site for a new District hospital have any bearing on the decision?
I thought a complete new hospital had been dropped in favour of piecemeal rebuilding on the existing site? Or has there been a recent change of mind?
 

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I thought a complete new hospital had been dropped in favour of piecemeal rebuilding on the existing site? Or has there been a recent change of mind?

It’s a new building on the site of the car park; some of the existing buildings are retained.
 
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