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Edgware, Highgate and London Railway

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1639: 2173:- Opened in 1906 as a halt for milk from Mill Hill farms. But as suburban dwellings, in what is now called Mill Hill Broadway, began to appear after 1910 the platform was extended and a ticket office was established with a station master. It was renamed "The Hale for Mill Hill" no later than 1919, supplying mostly coal and commuters. In preparation for the proposed electrification during the late 1930s the station platform was extended with concrete and was closed in 1939 to allow work to be accelerated but it was never reopened and subsequent work was aborted. 2885: 2778: 2850: 2758: 3354: 2900: 2987: 2926: 2910: 2890: 2875: 2860: 2845: 2808: 2793: 2753: 2648: 444: 329: 2112: 1434: 1178: 201: 149: 2249: 1085: 604: 498: 412: 1424: 1319: 1185: 1119: 853: 648: 337: 159: 117: 109: 1487: 1148: 1067: 988: 793: 506: 489: 475: 452: 402: 369: 345: 192: 101: 2051: 1156: 1059: 930: 822: 655: 482: 437: 394: 352: 276: 209: 167: 141: 2215:- Opened in 1933 by the LNER to serve new developments that had taken place between Church End, Finchley and the Dollis Brook. The station was built from material of older stations the company had further north in Yorkshire. The result is that the station is in keeping with the style of other stations on the same route. The footbridge, for example, comes from Wintersett and Ryhill, 1398: 1374: 1326: 1271: 1257: 1093: 1077: 1010: 684: 430: 361: 305: 298: 254: 232: 1526: 1494: 1416: 1406: 1297: 1264: 1235: 1140: 1112: 1035: 1027: 1019: 959: 860: 764: 735: 706: 677: 641: 611: 597: 575: 567: 559: 420: 981: 952: 923: 901: 879: 829: 800: 771: 742: 713: 1352: 1796:
The line to Barnet stopped short at Underhill, south of the main village located at the top of the hill. As Barnet was a larger village than Edgware and new residential development at Finchley grew at a faster pace than on the original line, the branch line quickly became the dominant route. Direct
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established a shift away from coal as a fuel for domestic heating and the demand for coal slumped. At the same time, the expansion of road haulage reduced the demand for rail transportation of other bulk loads and the line closed completely between Edgware and Mill Hill East in 1964 with equipment
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made the project to continue the line to Bushey unnecessary as the intended housing development proposed in the area was prevented by the new legislation. The plan was formally cancelled in October 1950. In 1953 the modernisation and electrification of the remaining sections of track between Mill
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expansion of London, but the GNR service had not been expanded to cope. The line was also congested with goods traffic, mostly coal and building materials. By 1903 the morning trains from Barnet were full by the time they arrived at East Finchley. As the doors of the compartments in the carriages
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was constructed by a separate company, the Muswell Hill Railway Company, and opened on 24 May 1873 along with the Palace. However, when the Palace burned down only two weeks after opening, the service was considerably reduced and then closed for almost two years whilst the Palace was rebuilt. It
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along the old lines between Highgate Wood Depot, Finsbury Park and Drayton Park Depot until September 1970. The movements ran regularly on Tuesdays, and occasionally on Mondays and Wednesdays. The tracks were removed in 1971 following which the Northern City Line empty stock movements ran from
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The last regular passenger service between Finsbury Park, Highgate and Alexandra Palace was run on 3 July 1954. In 1957 the goods yards at Cranley Gardens and Muswell Hill were closed and the line from Park Junction (Highgate Station) to Alexandra Palace was abandoned.
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Underground trains took over from LNER steam services between East Finchley and High Barnet on 14 April 1940. LNER Services were withdrawn between Highgate and East Finchley in March 1941 (both services having briefly operated to the latter station from the two parts of
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were in those days locked with aid of a simple square key, some passengers took to purchasing these keys from local ironmongers, and locking the doors from the inside. It was not unknown for harsh words and even, on odd occasions, for blows to be exchanged.
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The line from Finsbury Park to Edgware continued to be used for goods traffic, primarily coal, milk and building materials, even into the period when diesel engines had replaced steam locomotion. However, the introduction of the
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after the Canonbury-Finsbury Park link opened in 1875. 21 trains a day ran to Finchley, usually in 24 minutes from Kings Cross, and 14 continued to Edgware. In 1870 the track between Finsbury Park and Finchley & Hendon (now
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The GNR took over the Muswell Hill Railway (renamed to the Muswell Hill and Palace Railway) in September 1911 and merged it with the rest of the line. Further developments were halted by the
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United Dairies sidings - Came into use in the early 1920s and was originally owned by Manor Dairies. It had sidings of its own, and was used as a distribution depot. It was closed in 1960.
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where it would be in direct competition with the LNER line. The Underground Group had also bought up the rights of the W&ER and published proposals to further extend the line to
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and Finchley, and extended shortly after to Barnet. This combined with motor transport alleviated some of the problem. This relief was also competition, and the GNR introduced new
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services from London ran to High Barnet and a shuttle service was operated between Finchley and Edgware for most passenger journeys on that section, which remained a single track.
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Much of the work was carried out, with East Finchley and Highgate stations being completely rebuilt and the electrification works were well advanced before the
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In 1942 the Finsbury Park - Highgate - Alexandra Palace line was reduced to a peak service shuttle to Finsbury Park, ending through running to central London.
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and the north. Before the line to Edgware was opened, it was purchased in July 1867 by the GNR and was opened as a single track line on 22 August 1867.
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New stations were opened at Cranley Gardens (1902, between Highgate and Muswell Hill) and Mill Hill (1906, between Mill Hill East and Edgware).
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Because of the rapid rise and fall of the terrain in the area traversed by the railway, the line made extensive use of cuttings, embankments and
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Muswell Hill viaduct - Carried trains high on brick pylon on the way to Muswell Hill station. Affords excellent views of central London.
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By the 1900s the whole line was under pressure from overcrowding. The populations of areas along the line, particularly at
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in June 1907 a move that stimulated large scale house building to the south of the Edgware branch spreading out from
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To run the LNER Edgware line into Edgware Underground station where the trains from East Finchley could terminate.
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put a stop to progress. Passenger services on the Finchley Central to Edgware line were ended in September 1939.
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Upgrade the line to allow electric tube trains on all the lines and double the line from Finchley to Edgware.
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which included the following proposals for the Finsbury Park to Edgware, High Barnet and Muswell Hill lines:
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To connect the Underground from Archway to East Finchley via a new tunnel under the LNER's Highgate station.
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and was, in the 1930s, the core of an ambitious expansion plan for that line which was thwarted by the
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Woodside Park Station - typical of the buildings erected on the High Barnet branch in the 1870s
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in which Highgate station was constructed with tunnels on either side, and the viaducts
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The High Barnet branch opened on 1 April 1872 with two intermediate stations at
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Hill East to Edgware also Finsbury Park to Alexandra Park were also abandoned.
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Route of Edgware, Highgate & London Railway highlighted on a 1900 map
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A version of the railway also features in scenes eventually cut from
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To activate the dormant proposals to extend the line from Edgware to
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Stations on the Finsbury Park to Edgware line, from south to north:
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Following the nationalisation of the Underground Group in 1933, the
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In 1923 as a consequence of the railway grouping instigated by the
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Further competition came from the opening of the new underground
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1930 OS map showing branch from Mill Hill East to Edgware
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Video about the abandoned Mill Hill-Edgware extension
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Clive's Underground Line Guides, Northern Line, Dates
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Development, overcrowding and competition: 1900-1918
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Index

Muswell Hill Railway

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Legend
Bushey Heath
Aldenham depot
Elstree South
Brockley Hill
Edgware
Edgware
Northern line
Camden Town
Golders Green
Mill Hill (The Hale)
Midland Main Line
Thameslink
High Barnet
Totteridge & Whetstone
Woodside Park
West Finchley
Mill Hill East
Dollis Viaduct
Finchley Central
East Finchley
Alexandra Palace
Muswell Hill
Cranley Gardens
Highgate

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