View from Edgware Underground station

Image: © Marathon Taken: 25 Nov 2015

The extension beyond Golders Green to Hendon and Edgware, delayed by the First World War, finally opened to Hendon Central in 1923 and on to Edgware on 18th August 1924. In 1933 it became part of the London Passenger Transport Board's Northern line as the Edgware branch. In the London Passenger Transport Board's 'New Works Plan' of 1935 it was proposed that the line between what is now Finsbury Park and Edgware (LNER station) be taken over by the Northern line and be diverted into the new Underground station at Edgware. It was then proposed to extend the Northern line beyond Edgware to Bushey Heath. The service on the line from East Finchley to Edgware was suspended from 11th September 1939 to allow the work to be completed and the New Works Plan was expected to be completed by spring 1941. In the event the Northern line branch never got past Mill Hill East and the post war London Green Belt put paid to the Edgware to Bushey Heath extension, although evidence of both can still be seen. See http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/e/edgware/ and http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Northern_Heights_9.html and http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Northern_Heights_10.html In this view the lines to the right head off to Burnt Oak, which is the next station, and those to the left go to the depot but once went towards East Finchley. There are two main depots on the Northern line. These are at Golders Green and Morden, and two smaller depots at Edgware and Highgate.

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