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Old March 4th 11, 10:11 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Tom Anderson Tom Anderson is offline
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Default East London Line extension to Highbury & Islington open today

On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Basil Jet wrote:

On 2011\03\02 22:44, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, wrote:

Were there at any point stations on between the Canonbury tunnel and
Finsbury Park?


There still is! The line through the tunnel joins up with the Northern
City line to Moorgate where it comes to the surface, immediately south
of Drayton Park. I have no idea if there were ever platforms on that
line, though.

Come to think of it, i have no idea how the tunnels relate underground.
Are they completely separate right up their portals?


The Big Tube ends at Drayton Park (the road). The Canonbury Curve tunnel
ends near Ronalds Road. This is quite clear from the satellite photos in
the map resource of your choice.


Yes, so it is. I'd looked at Drayton Park, but not spotted the Canonbury
line heading south!

In fact, if you follow the line of the track south across Ronalds Road, it
lines up with a driveway between two rows of modern houses that reaches to
Highbury Fields. I would guess they were built on either side of the
railway tunnel, as it would be too shallow to build houses over.

tom

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