Another Blow for South West Herts as Mayor Khan Cancels Step-Free Access at Croxley Met Line Station
Transport for London (TfL) recently announced the names of 13 more London Underground stations to be made step-free. But when it came to South West Hertfordshire the list included Rickmansworth - but not Croxley.
TfL claimed that Rickmansworth is a cheaper and less complex scheme than Croxley. Nick Hollinghurst, Lib Dem County Councillor for Tring, who is a member of the HCC Cabinet Panel dealing with transport, said, "That may be true but both stations need step-free access - and anyway, if one station needs a complex scheme it clearly indicates that there is a greater need there. So actually, what TfL thought was an excuse for failing to make Croxley step-free, was really an admission that they'd got it wrong twice. In fact Croxley is the station they should be doing first!"
He concluded, "This is another blow to South West Herts from Labour's London Mayor, Sadiq Khan."
By way of a reply, TfL said that Croxley was still being looked at and had "not been ruled out completely" Apparently it might be one of seven additional stations to be announced later in the year.
Liberal Democrat Three Rivers District councillors in South West Herts certainly hope that this will be the case. District Councillor, Chris Lloyd, commented: "We will be pressing TfL to include Croxley on the next list of stations so that more local residents can use the London Underground network".