Editing Metropolitan line (section)

== Metropolitan line extension ==
{{Main|Croxley Rail Link}}
[[File:Croxley rail link.png|thumb|Diagram of the Croxley Rail Link]]
Also known as the Croxley Rail Link, an extension to the Metropolitan line was to reroute the Watford branch from the current terminus using the disused [[Watford and Rickmansworth Railway|Croxley Green branch line]] to [[Watford Junction railway station|Watford Junction]]. Funding was agreed in December 2011<ref>{{Cite news |title=Transport schemes given £854m in government funding |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-16174368 |work=BBC News |date=14 December 2011 |access-date=14 December 2011}}</ref> and the necessary permission was granted by the UK Government in July 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Watford Metropolitan line Tube extension gets go-ahead |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23443173 |work=BBC News |date=24 July 2013 |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref><ref name="Croxley plans">{{cite web |title=Croxley Rail Link |year=2012 |url= http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/2053.aspx |access-date=23 November 2012 |publisher=Transport for London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130325121007/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/projectsandschemes/2053.aspx |archive-date=25 March 2013 }}</ref><ref name="tflmet">{{cite web |title=Metropolitan line Extension |publisher=Transport for London |year=2017 |url= https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/metropolitan-line-extension |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170717143418/https://tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/metropolitan-line-extension |archive-date=17 July 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Due to a funding shortfall, the project was cancelled in 2016.<ref name="tflmet"/>