On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:14:25 +0100, Robin9 wrote:

;162181 Wrote:
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(Robin9) wrote:
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With all due respect, the fact that London Transport did some
preparatory work does not mean very much. That work came to
nothing. London Underground did not take over the line to
Alexander Palace which was closed by BR in July 1954.-

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
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)

The 1930s plan was for trains from Finsbury Park to run through
Highgate high level platforms and then onto East Finchley or Ally
Pally. The route from Archway doesn't surface until well past
the turn off to Ally Pally. There is a map of the planned route at
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/h/highgate/ along with photos of the
high level platforms showing the new platform buildings built in 1940/41.

If you stood on the high level platforms around 25 years ago you could
walk down the stairs and see into the back of some of the underground
offices.