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Bunns Lane, LONDON, NW7 2BA

A block of serviced offices: as it backs onto the main railway line and the M1, one hopes the soundproofing is good.

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View NW, towards Bedford, and Leicester and the North on the ex-Midland main line from St Pancras, also (since 1987) Thameslink from Brighton and Sutton via Farringdon, electrification from Bedford into St Pancras and thence by the Metropolitan and Farringdon to Moorgate having been achieved in 1982. Main lines are on the left.

Thameslink electric unit 319 027 passes through Mill Hill Broadway on the Down slow line, working a Brighton to Bedford via central London service. The 319s were built specifically for Thameslink in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and were equipped for both main line electrification systems (25kV 50Hz ac north of London, and 750V dc south) to make through services possible. They are now in the process of being replaced on these duties as part of the massive expansion of capacity on Thameslink services.

Thameslink electric unit 319 060, wearing the initial post privatisation Thameslink livery, arrives at Mill Hill Broadway station, working a Sutton to Luton via central London stopping service. The 319s were built specifically for Thameslink in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and were equipped for both main line electrification systems (25kV 50Hz ac north of London, and 750V dc south) to make through services possible. They are now in the process of being replaced on these duties as part of the massive expansion of capacity on Thameslink services.

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A new housing development in Mill Hill beside Bunns Lane. The bridge on the left of the photo carried the road over the GNR line from Mill Hill East to Edgware. The line was closed in 1964 and the new housing is apparently built on the site of The Hale Station which, according to Barnet onLine, triggered development of the area. Bunns Lane takes its name from one of the large farms thyat existed in the area prior to the building boom.

View from the bridge that used to carry Bunns Lane over the extension of the GNR line to Edgware from Mill Hill East, which was closed in 1964. This is close to the site of The Hale station which prompted the initial growth of Mill Hill back in 1906 and I believe was located on the opposite side of the bridge. The track bed here is totally overgrown and recent building work on the opposite side of the bridge renders it unlikely that the route will ever be reopened - There remains a requirement to keep the route open for a possible future extension of the Northern Line from Mill Hill East to Copthall, but not this far.