On 19 Mar, 11:18, "Boltar" wrote:
Binning the finsbury park to east finchley track I think has to rate
as one of the dumbest decisions in the history of london railways.
Aside from being a far quicker route to the city than via the current
northern line it would have allowed all sorts of combinations of
through running of mainline trains too. Perhaps east finchley could
even have become an eventual terminus for the new east london line.

I'm sure I saw at one point, many years ago, plans for the ELL to go
from Highbury to Finsbury Park, then across the Parkland Walk to
Highgate and on to take over the Mill Hill East branch of the Northern
Line and terminate there. That obviously came to nothing.

Patrick

On Mar 19, 1:11 pm, wrote:
I'm sure I saw at one point, many years ago, plans for the ELL to go
from Highbury to Finsbury Park, then across the Parkland Walk to
Highgate and on to take over the Mill Hill East branch of the Northern
Line and terminate there. That obviously came to nothing.

Only tube trains can fit north of east finchley now AFAIK because of
the bridge rebuilt in the 90s that takes the widened north circular
over the track was made quite low. Another good bit of foresight
there. Would it have really cost so much to keep the bridge the same
height as its predecessor? Also I think the bridge at west finchley
station might be quite low too.

B2003

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Boltar wrote:

On Mar 19, 1:11 pm, wrote:

I'm sure I saw at one point, many years ago, plans for the ELL to go
from Highbury to Finsbury Park, then across the Parkland Walk to
Highgate and on to take over the Mill Hill East branch of the Northern
Line and terminate there. That obviously came to nothing.

Only tube trains can fit north of east finchley now AFAIK because of the
bridge rebuilt in the 90s that takes the widened north circular over the
track was made quite low. Another good bit of foresight there. Would it
have really cost so much to keep the bridge the same height as its
predecessor? Also I think the bridge at west finchley station might be
quite low too.

The trackbed could be lowered. More expensive than building the bridge
right in the first place, i agree, but at least it's not impossible.

tom

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