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On the Northern Line High Barnet branch. In addition to the four rails, two additional conductors are laid along each track. This is for automatic train operation, not yet in service.

The Dollis Valley Greenwalk is a 16km route linking the London Loop and Capital Ring long distance paths. A lot of its route was laid out as the Brookside Walk in the 1930s by the former Borough of Finchley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollis_Valley_Greenwalk

The early railways tended to avoid the high ground in the centre of the present Borough of Barnet. Finchley thus remained a largely agricultural community, providing hay for London's army of horses. To improve communications, the Edgware, Highgate & London Railway Company opened a line in 1867 from Finsbury Park through East Finchley, and Finchley Central, and to the east of Mill Hill. In 1872 the company added another branch northwards up the eastern side of the Dollis Brook to High Barnet. There was no station at West Fnchley at this time. The line failed to climb the steep slope up to Chipping (High) Barnet and terminated at the foot of Barnet Hill. New houses appeared in large numbers between 1925 and 1936 over the fields and nursery gardens in an area known as Nether Street. The developers considered this name unattractive and preferred the name West Finchley which became the name for the new station which they had persuaded the London & North Eastern Railway to open on 1st March 1933 where Nether Street crossed the line. Construction was done as cheaply as possible using second hand materials from closed stations. The new London Passenger Transport Board came into existence in 1933, and in 1935 a major railway development plan was drawn up. Under the plan, the Tube was to be extended from its then terminus at Archway to the surface at East Finchley. The lines north of East Finchley running out to High Barnet and Edgware would then be connected to the Underground at Archway, replacing the old steam routes. The Northern line was so named in 1937. Tube trains reached East Finchley in 1939 and High Barnet in 1940. West Finchley station reopened to Northern line Tube trains on 14th April 1940. The Underground extension to Edgware from Finchley Central never got further than Mill Hill East and the rest of the project was cancelled after the War when Green Belt legislation came in. This view from the up platform of West Finchley station looks towards the attractive footbridge which no doubt dates from steam days.

The early railways tended to avoid the high ground in the centre of the present Borough of Barnet. Finchley thus remained a largely agricultural community, providing hay for London's army of horses. To improve communications, the Edgware, Highgate & London Railway Company opened a line in 1867 from Finsbury Park through East Finchley, and Finchley Central, and to the east of Mill Hill. In 1872 the company added another branch northwards up the eastern side of the Dollis Brook to High Barnet. There was no station at West Fnchley at this time. The line failed to climb the steep slope up to Chipping (High) Barnet and terminated at the foot of Barnet Hill. New houses appeared in large numbers between 1925 and 1936 over the fields and nursery gardens in an area known as Nether Street. The developers considered this name unattractive and preferred the name West Finchley which became the name for the new station which they had persuaded the London & North Eastern Railway to open on 1st March 1933 where Nether Street crossed the line. Construction was done as cheaply as possible using second hand materials from closed stations. The new London Passenger Transport Board came into existence in 1933, and in 1935 a major railway development plan was drawn up. Under the plan, the Tube was to be extended from its then terminus at Archway to the surface at East Finchley. The lines north of East Finchley running out to High Barnet and Edgware would then be connected to the Underground at Archway, replacing the old steam routes. The Northern line was so named in 1937. Tube trains reached East Finchley in 1939 and High Barnet in 1940. West Finchley station reopened to Northern line Tube trains on 14th April 1940. The Underground extension to Edgware from Finchley Central never got further than Mill Hill East and the rest of the project was cancelled after the War when Green Belt legislation came in. This view from the up platform of West Finchley station looks towards the attractive footbridge which no doubt dates from steam days.

West Finchley is one of the many London Underground stations built in the 1930s. However, unlike many of them it doesn't feature the classic architecture of the period. This article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Finchley_tube_station from Wikipedia says that the station was built using recycled stuff from elsewhere on the national network. The bridge here certainly has that look.

At the junction of Moss Hall Grove N12