Tom Anderson wrote:

I have to say, some of the GN stations really are in odd places.
Oakleigh Park in particular - it's in the middle of nowhere! Why
wasn't it built it a mile or so further south, where it would at
least have been close to some vaguely major roads? Winchmore Hill and
Grane Park are also pretty badly sited, but when with the railway
having the route it does, there aren't really any better alternatives.

Winchmore Hill station is within 50 yards of the historic centre of the
village
(http://www.old-maps.co.uk/servlets/D...nty=1 0mid231)
.. The small shopping areas down on Green Lanes might have developed after
the trams were introduced.