On 31 Oct 2004 13:38:32 -0800, (Chippy) wrote:

"Bored Of The Rings" wrote in message ...
Whatever happened to the extension south of E&C? and where was it gonna be
extended to?
You can see it here on this old tube map
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ayphotohosting

The map is quite interesing, in a couple of ways. It shows the
proposed Northern Line extension from Finsbury Park to Alexandra
Palace (via Highgate HL), but not the section from Mill Hill East to
Bushey Heath (via Edgware).

I hadn't realised that abandonment of these schemes wasn't
simultaneous.

IIRC, the MHE-Edgware/beyond section was dropped first, simply because
it would have taken far too much work to complete, and its entire
raison d'etre was - or had already been - disintegrating fast. The
tracks and stations on Finsbury Park-Highgate-Alexandra Palace were in
use, requiring "only" eletrification, and were steam-worked carrying a
declining number of passengers into the 1950s. I think it's probable
that had this section been completed, some or all of it would
certainly still be in use today. Perhaps Highgate-Ally Pally branch
might be "peak hours only", but the ability to run trains from High
Barnet to Finsbury Park would have taken pressure off the Camden Town
bottleneck, especially if the tacit plans to link up with the Northern
City Line running to Old Street/Moorgate had been followed through.
I'd hate to see what the in-car track diagram would look like, though!
--
Nick Cooper

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