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Northumberland Road, BARNET, EN5 1EB

Postbox No. EN5 99. See Image] for context.

Showing position of Postbox No. EN5 99. See Image] for postbox.

Stairs from a footbridge carrying pedestrians across Netherlands Road and the main London to York railway line. The other end of the footpath is on Alverstone Avenue. The paved area and parking bay are outside some shops. The housing to the right of centre is on Stephenson Close. To the right of Stephenson Close is the railway line.

Looking northwards towards New Barnet, the two middle tracks carry high speed trains, whilst stopping trains use the tracks to the left (mostly hidden by a shrub) and the far right. The Great Northern Railway opened its line between Maiden Lane and Peterborough through what is now Oakleigh Park in 1850. In 1866 the Whetstone Park Company, promoters of the Whetstone Park Estate, reached an agreement with the Great Northern Railway to construct a new station to serve the development. The station, which was to be known as Whetstone, would open once 25 houses were complete, although the GNR built the two station platforms in anticipation straight away. By summer 1871, the development had been renamed the Oakleigh Park Estate, but not until January 1873 was the developer able to inform the GNR that the 25th house was complete. Accordingly, the GNR authorised the station, now to be known as Oakleigh Park, to be completed. It opened to passenger traffic on 1st December 1873. As part of works to increase the number of tracks from two to four, the station was completely rebuilt in 1891/2 with two island platforms, a new footbridge and booking office.

Postbox No. EN5 222.

A London bound GNER express approaches Oakleigh Park at speed, having just passed through New Barnet.

A 383 bus on route to Woodside Park Station via Whetstone passes advertising hoardings on Netherlands Road. The bus originated from The Spires in Barnet. It is a short (8.9m) version of the Alexander-Dennis Enviro 200 bus and is operated by Metroline. The very wet winter has loosened the glue behind the advertisements and the wind is now stripping them away. Behind the bus is Stephenson Close and to the right is the London to York railway line.

Looking northwards towards New Barnet, the two middle tracks carry high speed trains, whilst stopping trains use the tracks to the left and the right. The Great Northern Railway opened its line between Maiden Lane and Peterborough through what is now Oakleigh Park in 1850. In 1866 the Whetstone Park Company, promoters of the Whetstone Park Estate, reached an agreement with the Great Northern Railway to construct a new station to serve the development. The station, which was to be known as Whetstone, would open once 25 houses were complete, although the GNR built the two station platforms in anticipation straight away. By summer 1871, the development had been renamed the Oakleigh Park Estate, but not until January 1873 was the developer able to inform the GNR that the 25th house was complete. Accordingly, the GNR authorised the station, now to be known as Oakleigh Park, to be completed. It opened to passenger traffic on 1st December 1873. As part of works to increase the number of tracks from two to four, the station was completely rebuilt in 1891/2 with two island platforms, a new footbridge and booking office.