Bridge over what was to be an extension of the Northern line
Introduction
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Image: © Marathon Taken: 31 Aug 2016
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. Northern line trains first served Mill Hill East on 18th May 1941. The line was closed completely beyond Mill Hill East on 1st June 1964. This view is across the first bridge over the former line beyond the buffers at Mill Hill East seen at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5099651 Much of the former trackbed is now a linear parkland walk. For a history of Mill Hill east station see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_Hill_East_tube_station and for the line beyond Mill Hill East see http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/Northern_Heights_9.html