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Watford and Rickmansworth Railway

Index Watford and Rickmansworth Railway

The Watford and Rickmansworth Railway (W&RR) ran services between Watford and Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire, England. [1]

48 relations: Beeching cuts, Benskins Brewery, British Rail, British Rail Class 104, British Rail Class 313, British Rail Class 501, Broad Street railway station (England), Bushey railway station, Croxley Green, Croxley Rail Link, Department for Transport, Ebury Way, England, Euston railway station, Grand Junction Canal, Grand Union Canal, Great Western Railway, Hertfordshire, John Dickinson Stationery, LNWR electric units, LNWR Webb Coal Tank, London and North Western Railway, London Electric Railway, London Underground, London Underground Watford Joint Stock, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Metropolitan line, Metropolitan Railway, Official receiver, Parliamentary train, Queens Park station (England), Rickmansworth, Rickmansworth (Church Street) railway station, River Chess, River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Gade, Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury, Suffragette, Three Rivers District, Uxbridge (Vine Street) branch line, Venture capital, Watercress, Watford, Watford DC line, Watford F.C., Watford High Street railway station, Watford Junction railway station, Whigs (British political party).

Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Benskins Brewery

Benskins was the pre-eminent brewery in Watford, and Hertfordshire's biggest brewer until its acquisition by Ind Coope in 1957.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.

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British Rail Class 104

The British Rail Class 104 diesel multiple units were built by Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company from 1957 to 1959.

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British Rail Class 313

The British Rail Class 313 is a dual-voltage electric multiple unit (EMU) train built by BREL York Works between February 1976 and April 1977.

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British Rail Class 501

The British Rail Class 501 electric multiple units were built in 1955/56 for use on the former LNWR/LMS suburban electric network of the London Midland Region.

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Broad Street railway station (England)

Broad Street was a major terminal station in the City of London, adjacent to Liverpool Street station.

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Bushey railway station

Bushey is a railway station in Hertfordshire which serves the towns of Bushey and Oxhey.

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Croxley Green

Croxley Green is a large suburb of Rickmansworth and a civil parish in England.

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Croxley Rail Link

The Croxley Rail Link was a proposed railway engineering project in the Watford and Three Rivers districts of Hertfordshire, England, that would have connected the London Overground and the London Underground's Metropolitan line at.

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Department for Transport

The Department for Transport (DfT) is the government department responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved.

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Ebury Way

The Ebury Way is a rail trail running between Rickmansworth and Watford in Hertfordshire.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Euston railway station

Euston railway station (also known as London Euston) is a central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden, managed by Network Rail.

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Grand Junction Canal

The Grand Junction Canal is a canal in England from Braunston in Northamptonshire to the River Thames at Brentford, with a number of branches.

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Grand Union Canal

The Grand Union Canal in England is part of the British canal system.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.

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Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire (often abbreviated Herts) is a county in southern England, bordered by Bedfordshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Essex to the east, Buckinghamshire to the west and Greater London to the south.

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John Dickinson Stationery

John Dickinson Stationery Limited was a leading English stationery company founded in west Hertfordshire, that was later merged to form Dickinson Robinson Group.

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LNWR electric units

The LNWR electric units were ordered by the London and North Western Railway for its suburban services in London.

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LNWR Webb Coal Tank

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) Webb Coal Tank is a class of 0-6-2T steam locomotive.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.

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London Electric Railway

The London Electric Railway (LER) was an underground railway company operating three lines on the London Underground.

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London Underground

The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground, or by its nickname the Tube) is a public rapid transit system serving London and some parts of the adjacent counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.

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London Underground Watford Joint Stock

The Watford Joint Tube Stock was built for the service to Watford along both the Bakerloo tube and the London North Western Railway.

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)It has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR.

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Metropolitan line

The Metropolitan line (colloquially known as the Met) is a London Underground line that runs between in the City of London and and in Buckinghamshire, with branches to in Hertfordshire and in the western London Borough of Hillingdon.

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Metropolitan Railway

The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.

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Official receiver

An officer of the Insolvency Service of the United Kingdom, an official receiver (OR) is an officer of the court to which he is attached.

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Parliamentary train

Parliamentary trains in the United Kingdom were passenger services required by an Act of Parliament passed in 1844 to allow inexpensive and basic rail transport for less affluent passengers.

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Queens Park station (England)

Queen's Park is a interchange station on the Watford DC line and Bakerloo line served by London Overground and Underground respectively.

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Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth is a small town in southwest Hertfordshire, England, approximately northwest of central London and inside the perimeter of the M25 motorway.

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Rickmansworth (Church Street) railway station

Rickmansworth (Church Street) railway station was a London and North Western Railway (LNWR) station in the town of Rickmansworth in west Hertfordshire, UK.

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River Chess

The River Chess, a chalk stream, rises just north of Chesham in the Chiltern Hills, to flow through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire to join the River Colne in Rickmansworth.

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River Colne, Hertfordshire

The Colne is a river in England which is a tributary of the River Thames.

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River Gade

The River Gade is a river running almost entirely though Hertfordshire.

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Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury

Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury PC (24 April 1801 – 18 November 1893), styled Lord Robert Grosvenor from 1831 to 1857, was a British courtier and Whig politician.

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Suffragette

Suffragettes were members of women's organisations in the late-19th and early-20th centuries who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for women's suffrage, the right to vote in public elections.

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Three Rivers District

Three Rivers is a local government district in south-west Hertfordshire, England.

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Uxbridge (Vine Street) branch line

The Uxbridge (Vine Street) branch line was a railway line to Uxbridge in the historical English county of Middlesex, from the Great Western Railway main line at West Drayton.

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Venture capital

Venture capital (VC) is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth (in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, or both).

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Watercress

Watercress is an aquatic plant species with the botanical name Nasturtium officinale. This should not be confused with the profoundly different and unrelated group of plants with the common name of nasturtium, within the genus Tropaeolum.

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Watford

Watford is a town and borough in North West London, England, situated northwest of central London and inside the circumference of the M25 motorway.

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Watford DC line

The Watford DC line is a commuter railway line from London Euston to Watford Junction in Watford, Hertfordshire.

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Watford F.C.

Watford Football Club is a professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, that plays in the Premier League, the highest level in the English football league system.

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Watford High Street railway station

Watford High Street is a railway station in Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.

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Watford Junction railway station

Watford Junction is a railway station that serves Watford, Hertfordshire.

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Whigs (British political party)

The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford_and_Rickmansworth_Railway

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