London Banter - View Single Post - TfL's bid to control trains has much going for it

[email protected] · July 23rd 11, 09:38 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Peter Masson) wrote:

"Nick P" wrote

I'd also look at odd stubs where the lines went further to more
useful places. The keeping of Mill Hill East seems odd but there
was a barracks nearby.
The 1935 plan wasto extend the Northern Line from Archway to East
Finchley, then for LT to take over, as part of the Northern Line,
Finsbury Park to East Finchley, Highgate to Alexandra Palace, East
Finchley to High Barnet and to Edgware via Mill Hill East, and to
extend out beyond Edgware to Bushey Heath. The Northern Line had
reached East Finchley before the outbreak of WW2 and work on to High
Barnet was ell advanced, so was completed. The Finchley to Edgware
service was suspended to facilitate doubling, but, as you say because
of the barracks, a single line was electrified to Mill Hill East. All
the rest of the project was suspended and eventually abandoned. The
line beyond Mill Hill East to Edgware remained open for freight until
1964 (freight trains coming from Finsbury Park via Highgate).

The line to Finsbury Park remained in use for LT stock transfers by battery
loco to and from the Northern City Line until 1970 when the bridge across
the ECML was declared unsafe.

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Colin Rosenstiel