Tube bosses have pushed back the decision over the names of the new Croxley Rail Link station after political pressure over the Vicarage Road station.

Transport for London will not finalise the names of the new Metropolitan Line stations, earmarked for Ascot Road and Vicarage Road, until September.

The postponement comes after backlash to news the transport authority was minded to name the Vicarage Road station "West Watford".

County councillors along with the town’s MP and elected mayor have been openly pushing for the station to be named "Vicarage Road" because of the name’s significance and link with Watford FC and the hospital.

Watford MP Richard Harrington said he had secured a meeting with TfL bosses next month to press the case for the station to be called Vicarage Road.

He said: "I think it is absolutely outrageous. I understand the decision as due to be made this month.

"I said I will give them a reflection of what people in Watford say. Honestly I am no expert on this stuff, but you need to have a name people can identify with."

The two new stations are due to be built as part of the Croxley Rail Link project, which will route the Metropolitan Line into central Watford.

The new line will run from Croxley station through the new ones in Ascot Road and Vicarage Road, then Watford High Street Station before terminating at Watford Junction.

TfL are currently minded to call the new Ascot Road station "Cassiobridge".

Mr Harrington is asking for residents in the town to send him their views on the station names by emailing him at richard.harrington.mp@parliament.uk.