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Bryan Morris · June 11th 17, 11:19 PM posted to uk.transport.london

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On Fri, 09 Jun 2017 14:50:24 +0100
Recliner wrote:-
Central Line to Denham; Northern Line to Bushey Heath and Alexandra
Palace; Met Line to Quainton Road, Brill and Verney Junction.-

Ripping up the line to alexandra palace was IMO the most shorted
sighted
move ever made by LT. Muswell Hill is a buzzing crowded suburb that
only
has bus connections which are utterly hopeless in the rush hour. A
branch of the northern line would transform it into one of the most
desirable suburbs in London (given the view and other facilities) and
probably send the house prices stratospheric.-

It wasn't closed by London Transport. The tube never went there.
London Underground took over only the stretch between Highgate
and Barnet.

Alexander Palace was the terminus of the branch line from Finsbury
Park and was closed by British Rail in the early/mid 1950s. The track
bed
between Finsbury Park and Highgate is now a public footpath.-

That's a bit economical with the truth. It was included in the 1935-40
plan
and considerable works were done by London Transport, including Highgate

station, cabling and some conductor rail installations. The residual
train
service was provided by BR but then so was it to Epping and Ongar until
1957.

I mentioned it before. When I was a Haringey Councillor in the 80s & on
the Alexander Palace & Park Committee I proposed a unique 24/7 light
railway on that route. It would have been financed by the (then) EEC. I
organised a presentation. The cars would run partly on the ground and
partly suspended. Depending on demand either 1 car or multi cars

After a vote it was turned down partly because the track was now the
Parkland Walk and partly because the overhead section would pass an Old
People's Home which had been built on part of the track and the railway
passing the windows would "scare the residents"
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