Rickmansworth (Church Street) railway station
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Remains of Rickmansworth (Church Street) Station, photographed in 1972
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| Location | |
| Place | Rickmansworth |
| Area | Three Rivers |
| Coordinates | 51°38′09″N 0°27′55″W / 51.6359°N 0.4654°WCoordinates: 51°38′09″N 0°27′55″W / 51.6359°N 0.4654°W |
| Grid reference | TQ062941 |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Watford and Rickmansworth Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 1 October 1862 | Opened as Rickmansworth |
| 25 September 1950 | Renamed Rickmansworth (Church Street) |
| 3 March 1952 | Station closed for passengers |
| 2 January 1967 | closed for freight |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Rickmansworth (Church Street) railway station was a London and North Western Railway (LNWR) station in the town of Rickmansworth in west Hertfordshire, UK. Opened in 1862, it was the terminus of a 7.2-kilometre (4.5 mi) branch line which used to run from Watford. The station closed to passengers in 1952, although the line continued to be used as a goods line for some years after that. Church Street station has since been demolished.
A separate Rickmansworth station exists today about 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) north-west the site of Church Street station. It was opened 25 years after Church Street station and continues to serve both the London Underground Metropolitan line and the London to Aylesbury Line of Chiltern Railways.
The station was the terminus of the Watford and Rickmansworth Railway (W&RR), a business venture of the Whig politician, Robert Grosvenor, 1st Baron Ebury (1801–1893). It opened on 1 October 1862. The line ran from Watford Junction to Rickmansworth with many small freight branches, the most notable of which ran to Croxley Green. Lord Ebury's plan was to extend this short branch line further south and to open a new railway route to Uxbridge Vine Street on the Great Western Railway's Uxbridge branch. However, the GWR withdrew its funding for the scheme and line was never extended.
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