Croxley Tube Station / Only Unconnect Ep.2 

As someone who used to commute out of Croxley (now out of Chorleywood) those random seats under the bridge used to be very good on rainy days when trains were delayed. The other seats and waiting room would get busy quickly. They are a good and (mostly) dry space for those who were regulars.

I dunno if this might help, but J,E & S Spencer is a company that appear in some pieces of infraestructure in argentinian railways. Like lamps, posts and pillons. So they would have probably specialised in railway related infraestructure perhaps?

The Met line in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire is my favourite part of the network, thanks for making this video Geoff

Those old lamps on the platform are gorgeous!

I remember when (1979) Croxley had a signal box and a goods yard. The last place to have regular steam trains to the civil engineers trains tip. Watford Met had water cranes until 1972 to supply the steam engines. Croxley isa great station in the ultimate Met land suburb

Had an unexpected visit to Croxley. Was on my way to Watford. Left Croxly. Got as far as the signal before the canal bridge then there was a signal failure so returned Wrong Road. Nice Chippy there.

Croxley along with other stations that were outside of the zones at the time such as Rickmansworth, Chorleywood, Chalfont, Chesham etc were fitted with UTS gates in mid 90's which is when I suspect the staircase entrance from the car park was closed. All those stations needed some rebuilding to make way for the gates which is why they were fitted much later than the rest. As an example Chalfont and Latimer had the old staff accomodation block and Station foreman's office demolished to all the gates to be installed.

I grew up in Croxley so great to see it featured! Used to love the green paint

"Please do not sit on the badly neglected flower beds 😊"

I regularly used this station in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Sad to see it unstaffed and looking a little forlorn some 50 years later.

Until recently I used to come here every six months or so on my way to visit a nearby data centre which was a 20min walk away over Croxley Common Moor. Last time I came here the barriers were closed and the station was staffed but I'm guessing those low passenger numbers don't justify it outside of peak hours.

Add Graces Guide to your bookmarks - in an instant, they tell me J&E Spencer were located at 14 Great St. Thomas Apostle, and 29 Garlick Hill, London, EC- Iron Merchants and Tube Manufacturers, the London branch of John Spencer Ltd. FYI, Croxley was meant to be step free as part of the Met Line extension (aka Croxley Rail Link) which would have seen Watford close. You could do a whole video on that...

I "like" the idea that there are disabled spots in the car park whilst the station is decidedly unfriendly to mobility impaired!

I used to work on the Croxley Business Park some of the time, and for a while my then-employer provided a shuttle bus from Croxley station. I’m guessing a lot more people commute *from* that station than *to* it though.

Nice one, chief. If you ever run out of these Tick Only stations, maybe you can do a series on Lines That Cross But Don't Connect. e.g, Sutton Loop Line and Northern Line. The Goblin and the Central Line. This kind of thing can be annoying.

Geoff, every single week day morning and afternoon swarms of people from my school stand at all the places you said no one stands. If you stand at the bottom, you will get pigeon poo all over you.

This is a good mix of the usual style and the new voiceover style. Really liking it.

nice video. This is where my mother grew up. her uncle tom and aunt eid were further down the line in watford. Thanks for the look. I think the last and only time i was there is 1984. cheers thanks again.

I think you should do another series on the most neglected underground stations. Croxley would definitely be included.

Alas poor Croxley, I knew it before it was so run down!

Happy new year Geoff! As someone who loves trains and the London Underground I want to thank you for all the amazing and informative videos you make! As someone who has autism you videos open my eyes to something new about trains and railways which I love so very much! Thank you Geoff

Back in the 80s I worked on Croxley industrial estate and used the station regularly, plus an old friend of mine worked at the ticket office for many years

Happy new year Geoff, this version i feel works well with you more on screen time. Thanks can't wait for the next one

I never knew that Croxley existed until now Thanks Geoff

Situations like the one with the blocked off entrance from the car park are the reason why I really dislike ticket barriers. They make entrances/exits expensive which means that there probably will be fewer of them.

Croxley is well worth a visit as there are two excellent and award-winning café’s close to the station: Perch & Co; and The Kitchen. Not only that but there is a pub next door and it’s a five minute walk from woodlands, Croxley Moor, and a canal side walk.

Geoff - I was thinking the other day of a potential new series you could make. Similar to arguably your most famous work of Secrets of the Underground lines, but perhaps Secrets of the London terminal stations, e.g. Waterloo, Euston, Liverpool Street etc. Could give some tips which only commuters know about to generally make our lives a little easier/more interesting.

You get the feeling that this type of early 20th Century station is more honest and true to its situation than the metal and glass palaces to be found on the Elizabeth Line! Thanks for uploading.

Last month in London I used Preston Road on the Metropolitan Line. I had never heard of it until I went to see a friend who lives close by.

There is a feel to Croxley which comes through your video that its like a heritage railway station. They've tried to "modernise" without modernising - ie putting in a barrier to divide a set of stairs, which allows you to see the past and wonder how it used to be. Interesting that it was green paint under the metropolitan maroon. Maybe that dates from before Underground lines had a colour significance?

A silly thing about the station names is that Croxley is much nearer to the Green than Croxley Green station was.

Yet another series from Mr Marshall that makes me wish Sydney had far more rail transport than it does.

One of several very handy Tube together with Elizabeth Line stations that are close to moorings along the Grand Union canal and Paddington Arm.

As a watcher of your videos and irregular user of Croxley, I have of course stood at all ends of the platforms and used the seats at the end of the platform. In fact, if you want to get to the front of the train (which helps with changing to the Jubilee at Finchley Rd and alighting at the correct end of the platform at Westminster) those two seats are a nice place to sit.

As it happens I just put a deposit on a house in Croxley Green - today! - so this’ll be a familiar sight for me in the weeks to come. Thanks Geoff!

Good to see one of my more local stations. Happy New Year!

Happy new year Geoff. I'm loving this series and your general content. Keep up the great work.

Loving this series Geoff! Happy new year! It feels like yesterday when you came here to did the north curve video, how fast time flies…

Happy New Year Geoff!! Loving the new series 😊

Loving those well composed and athmospheric Wes Anderson like shots 🎥 Makes your videos stand out from other public transport related channels. Great filming, Geoff

That's my old Local station ! I know it very well, my family still live nearby

Nice to see Croxley again. I lived there in the late 90s and commuted to Moorgate every day on the Met.

Very useful cone on that bus stop..the local town crier gets its ladders climbs up and shouts through....Geoffffffffff Marshalllllll. A great day for the squirrel and people of Croxley. Great as per Geoff

Loved this one, Geoff. I think you took on the comments on your post and have made these heaps better.

Happy New Year Geoff! I'm really loving this series. I think you've hit a good balance between voice over and on-camera explanations.

Well done Geoff! I did Croxley station a few weeks ago, and saw similar things of course. But maybe my style was different. Great that RU-vid watchers have a choice of us artists! Ho ho!

The car park was probably a goods yard at one time.

❤❤ your videos are the best, Geoff. Happy New Year

Great work in this one Geoff!

Geoff! Love your videos just thought of a new least used series, maybe you could do the least used station in each underground zone (1-9)

Love this new format, Geoff ! 😊

Happy New Year Geoff!! Great vid as usual! 😊

Nailed the format Geoff! 👍🏻

Used it quite a lot when Tottenham Hotspur played at Wembley. Because of the large car park compared to Watford Met.

Nice Video, Geoff. Looking forward to seeing more of these stations. Also, thanks for reconsidering your direction for this series. The pre VO and station footage definitely did not work for me.

So what this video show is for a investment of a couple of gate barriers and neccessary cabling, a ramp, an removal of some fencing, TFL could make at least one side of this station step free access.

Woodside station on the 7 line has a double line of beautiful lamps at the western uncovered end of both island platforms in a nice light green color. (It’s not an unconnected stop though, as the LIRR has a station directly underneath it.)

Another great video in this very cool series! Nice to get a good look at these less acknowledged stations as an international viewer too :)

I love this series!

Another great video, thank you.

Thanks Geoff, really interesting video and I much prefer this format!

Great series, Geoff!

Ever thought about visiting the Mid-Norfolk Heritage Railway running between Dereham-Wymondham. Runs odd services using perserved trains, electric pacers, steam, and old GA slamdoors. Proper old school, my neck of the woods.

Another great series from the "Tube Master'!!

I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been on the Amersham branch, never seen Croxley before despite passing the junction for it hundreds if not thousands of times. Cool video. 👍

Happy New Year Geoff great vlog 😀😀😀

Brings memories back for me, I used to travel from Amersham to Croxley every day for school as a teenager, managed it for a full school year.

Looks like a lovely suburban station that’s a bit down on its luck - hopefully someone can take good care of it!

Great video, Geoff! The 1915 Post Office London Directory has Spencer J. E. & S. at 16 & 33 Dowgate hill EC and they are listed as being tubemakers. Spencer John Ltd is also listed at the same address

CAR PARK!!!! Sadly I don't have my car-d for this one, Did visit Croxley once to capture a 1960 Tube Stock on a test train but never been to Watford! Great video Geoff and happy new year

*Happy New Year Geoff! 🥳*

This reminds me of stations on the NYC subway in Brooklyn

As an unabashed provincial type who hasn't travelled by rail for years but enjoys Geoff's videos, I had a quiet chuckle to myself when Croxley's 0.81 million annual passenger numbers (presumably entries and exits) classified it as a less well used station. That is 2,200 per day on average. Having looked at the statistics for mainline stations outside the south-east of England, that usage puts it on a par with Poole, Scarborough, Ayr and the combined totals for Burnley or Dunfermline.

Nice video. Happy New Year.

Hi Geoff, I’ve always been a fan of you. I have already visited 160 station, stepping onto the platform and it’s nothing like the tube challenge. My favourite station is Baker Street.

I was there on Friday 5th January (2024), doing part of a tube challenge attempt (a segment), and the station was manned and the toilets were open. That was at about 8:20pm.

I like how you alternate between just shots of the station and voiceover but also seeing your face and hearing you talk in the shot with the slight amount of background noise. Much better than just scenic shots in my opinion. Here because it’s Geoff as much as I’m here to see the station

Happy new year Geoff! :D

Loving this series, wonder if you'll feature Arnos Grove. As a very young child I remember my mum and dad taking us there in the 60's to visit my uncle who lived just a short walk away. Never been back since sadly.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Have a great 2024 and here’s to more Binauguration, car parks, allotments, sliding down station floors and dot matrix displays.

Is there any program for sprucing up stations that need a bit of basic maintenance?

Shame to have missed you at Croxley! Love your videos always, but I must say as much as Croxley station isn’t in its best state is not as bad as you have painted (or unpainted!) The waiting room is open mostly and the benches are all quite useful. People do walk to the end of the platform as the last stop watford has the exit on that side. Anyway, with a nice paint job I believe Croxley is a charming station

Happy New Year.

Nice Video Geoff, Keep it up!

Loving it geoff

Excellent video Geoff really enjoying the series.

'Standing at the far end of that Croxley Platform makes a lot of sense as the Watford exit is at that end of the train. Conversely, when I get on a train from Watford to Croxley I find myself walking right along the train to get to the exit at Croxley!

Thanks. I enjoyed that.

Could have mentioned, along with the Croxley Link, the direct route to Rickmansworth, not show on the TFL map but still used at least once a day for a service between Watford and Rickmansworth. A real rarity!❤

Brought up in Croxley, I used that station sixty years ago. It doesn't seem to have changed much.

Happy new year Geoff 🎉

Great. Zone 7 step on, and courtesy seats. Reminds me of late 60s neo-realist filmmaking. Need b/w. Thanks Geoff

Happy New Year Geoff. Not exactly Croxley (7/270) related but this video followed one from a failed attempt to capture all 272 stations in a day. A young lad and his father nearly made it in 19 hours. His channel is TUBETRAINBOY. This got me thinking if you have done this challenge? I'm sure you have done the 270 way back in your Londonist days or maybe on TV on On The Tube. With your extensive knowledge of the network maybe it's time to set a new record!

I nver thought that i would ever see Croxley stn on RU-vid as i worked there for two years, back in the early 90s. There didnt use to be a grill at the bottom of the stairs. It was in my day a solid wooden partition,

Are you going to every station with a tick or just some of your favourite ones? Also I love this series how often will you add to this?😀😀😀

As part of the widespread ticket office closures, TFL promised that every station would be staffed from first train to last train. Absence of staff, especially at quieter stations, seems to be happening more nowadays.

I feel like the grate is a relatively new addition. Like, I'm pretty sure you had direct access the last time I used it and that was post-covid. I might be wrong though. Definitely Chorleywood vibes with the access back then.

1:47 reminds me of walking to the end of Eastcote station and seeing the model Owl no one talks about

Nice video Geoff

The entrance to that Car Park is a long way from the main station entrance though, especially because of the hill the station entrance is on. Nice cut through for the Grand Union Canal though and the site of Croxley Green.