This was once going to be part of the Northern line

Image: © Marathon Taken: 25 Nov 2015

Seen from Dean's Lane the track ahead which is now a nature reserve was once going to be a part of the Northern line. The line between what is now Finsbury Park and Edgware was opened by the Great Northern Railway on the 22nd August 1867. In the London Passenger Transport Board's 'New Works Plan' of 1935 it was proposed that the line be taken over by the Northern line and be diverted into the new Underground station at Edgware which had opened in 1924. 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 so 11th September 1939 was the last day the line was used by passenger trains. The line was closed completely on 1st June 1964. For a full history of this line and photographs showing how the Northern line would have been extended beyond Edgware to Bushey Heath 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

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