On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:14:25 +0100
Robin9 wrote:
;162181 Wrote:
It was a lot more than preparatory work. Have you ever looked at
Highgate
station? It was close to ready for trains to run. London Underground
didn't
take over the Ongar train service before 1957 but they had taken over
the
line long before then.
--
Colin Rosenstiel

I have been to Highgate Station several times. I'm wondering
what you're seeing that I'm not.

If one stands at the Priory Gardens entrance, the dilapidated
remnants of the original station are clearly visible. Access to

Thats not the original station, LT rebuilt it AFAIK.

the Northern Line involves walking under them. Any plan
London Underground might have had to take over the branch
to Ally Pally would not have incorporated using the original
station. It would have involved branching off from their own
Underground station and joining the original track where it runs
alongside Highgate Wood. (Still today in Highgate Wood there is
a demarcation fence separating the wood from the railway land)

You're 'avin a laff. The track gradient would probably have to be about 45
degrees to get from highgate low level to the track before the palace branch!

--
Spud