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A southbound Northern Line train rounds the tight bend on the High Barnet branch at Finchley Central. The pronounced cant applied to the track is evident from the photo as well as the check rail alongside the inner running rail. The train is routing to Morden via Bank.

From Christmas day through to December 30th the Barnet Branch of the Northern Line was closed for upgrade work. As a result a system of rail replacement bus routes was instigated. Here we see Metroline DE995, an ADL Enviro 200, crossing over the closed Barnet Branch tracks on Nether Street. Normally operating services in the Brentford area, it is operating route C which replaced the rail service between Finchley Central and Mill Hill East. Two other routes were operating; Route A was operated by Sullivan Buses and connected High Barnet with Golders Green whilst Route B was operated by Metroline and connected with all the stations on the Barnet Branch from High Barnet to Camden Town with the exception of West Finchley where low trees prevent double deck operations.

The railway was originally built by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway, but was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) before it was opened in 1867. This section was on the line between the original Finchley and Hendon station, now the Finchley Central tube station, and Edgware. A branch line from Finchley and Hendon station to High Barnet was opened by the GNR in 1872. Today the main GNR line here forms the stub end of the Northern Line's branch to Mill Hill East, while the former branch line to High Barnet is now the main route of the Northern Line. In the distance in this photo a High Barnet bound train has just left Finchley Central station and is taking the sharp bend to the north towards High Barnet. This is the view from the footbridge joining Dollis Park and Nether Street. Of the three tracks in view here the central one is a headshunt siding that ends at a set of buffers just beyond the bridge behind the photographer, while the two outer tracks join beyond the end of the siding to create the single track line to Mill Hill East. Please see Image in Image for the view from the footbridge in the opposite direction.

Top of a redundant railway yard light just outside Finchley Central Station, next to the Mill Hill East branch. The concrete post has decayed exposing the tube that carried the power cable. One of Ken Livingstone's 'Rats with wings' prepares for another days work in the waste food disposal industry.

The railway was originally built by the Edgware, Highgate and London Railway, but was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (GNR) before it was opened in 1867. This section was on the line between the original Finchley and Hendon station, now the Finchley Central tube station, and Edgware. A branch line from Finchley and Hendon station to High Barnet was opened by the GNR in 1872. Today the main GNR line here forms the stub end of the Northern Line's branch to Mill Hill East, while the former branch line to High Barnet is now the main route of the Northern Line. This is the view from the footbridge joining Dollis Park and Nether Street. Of the three tracks in view here the central one is a headshunt siding that ends at a set of buffers, while the two outer tracks join beyond the end of the siding to create the single track line to Mill Hill East. Please see Image in Image for the view from the footbridge in the opposite direction.

Located at the junction of Grosvenor Road with Nether Street.

Nether Street. In the foreground is a pillar box - unusually without any royal cipher on the door - and postman's lockup, covered with graffiti of the non-artistic variety, (those of a sensitive disposition are advised not to read). Opposite, on the corner of Eversleigh Road, is a house that would not look out of place in a gothic horror movie. The tree is an excellent specimen of the Monkey Puzzle (Araucaria araucana).

Taken near junction with Eversleigh Road

Looking down into the Dollis Valley from near the junction with Nether Street. Pavement parking has been instituted on both sides of the road in order to allow for an easy flow of traffic on this steep hill. Arriva PDL86 storms up the hill on a 382 service from Mill Hill East Station to Southgate Station. Recently repainted, it has lost the Arriva cream cowhorns and carries the fleetname in small letters above the drivers window. Compare this with a sister vehicle in Image Several London bus operators are moving towards a simple all over red scheme, presumably to reduce costs.