On 16 Oct, 10:41, "Clive D. W. Feather" cl...@on-the-
train.demon.co.uk wrote:
In article , Tom
Anderson writes

Does anyone know if there was a route plan for the central stretch?
Would it just have slavishly followed the Northern line,

That was the 1946 plan. However, there was also an earlier plan floating
around in 1939 for the precursor of the Victoria Line.

Under this plan, the Northern Line would be split at Clapham Common. The
section north of there would feed into an express tube that called only
at Tooting Broadway and Brixton.

Just to clarify - you mean the whole Northern line service from points
north of Clapham Common would then be diverted into an express service
calling only at Brixton and then the terminus, Tooting Broadway -
presumably in that order, right?

The southern all-stops section would be
extended from Clapham Common to Victoria (with no intermediate
stations).

Missing off Vauxhall....


Stage 2 of the plan extended the Victoria branch via Green Park, Bond
Street, Great Portland Street, and Camden Town to Finsbury Park.

And then missing Euston and KXSP, all major interchanges the later
Victoria line thankfully managed to hit!


Stage 3 extended northwards. After a connection from the GN&CR (allowing
trains from Moorgate to run on to the line), it split into two:
- Under the LNER to north of Bowes Park, where it surfaced. There would
be tube stations at Hornsey, Harringay, Wood Green, and Bowes Park, and
trains would run to Cuffley, replacing the existing LNER services to KX.
- In tube to Seven Sisters (tube station), then surface and continue to
Enfield Town, replacing the existing LNER services to Liverpool Street.


Thanks for that Clive. It certainly does sound like a proto-Victoria
line.