Hertfordshire is renowned for its speedy transport links to the capital and most urban dwellers across our county’s towns rarely complain about getting into London.
But commuting comes at a price. While London residents pay about £2.40 for their Tube journey into work, Herts folk can pay up to £12 for a single train ticket – and that’s before Tube travel is factored in.
So wouldn’t it be great if you lived in one of the five Herts towns that are on the London Underground map?
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As reported by MyLondon, this why the Tube stretches out to places like Hertfordshire.
The following five stations are all on the Metropolitan Line:
- Chorleywood
- Croxley
- Moor Park
- Rickmansworth
- Watford
The Metropolitan Line is one of two London Underground Lines to cross the Greater London border.
Running from Aldgate in the City of London, the magenta line stretches 41.4 miles all the way through some spots in southern Herts to Chesham in Buckinghamshire.
It’s the only Underground line with express service during peak times – the longer distances between stops mean it can reach the highest speeds on the network of up to 60mph.
Why?
For 150 years steam trains ran on the Metropolitan Line we know today
(Image: MyLondon)
The Metropolitan Line didn’t use to be under the ownership of Transport for London – it used to be a separate train line entirely.
But this old line formed the basis of today’s Metropolitan Line.
The Metropolitan Railway, also known by some as The Met, was both a passenger and goods railway serving London from 1863 to 1933.
When it opened, steam locomotives pulled gas-lit wooden carriages – very different from today’s Tube!
Similar to today’s line, it ran from the City northwest into what would become the Middlesex suburbs.
Making things completely confusing, various additions and changes were made to the railway line over the years.
It was extended via Baker Street, reaching Hammersmith in 1864 and Richmond in 1877.
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In 1880 it got up to Harrow and then extended up to Verney Junction in Buckinghamshire. After World War One the Stanmore branch was built from Wembley Park.
This marked the birth of the Underground Metropolitan line we know today, which allows people to live out in the countryside of Hertfordshire and still get the Tube into London.
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