Northern Heights: Stroud Green to Crouch End

NORTHERN HEIGHTS: Stroud Green - Crouch End

For a scan of a 1930s A-Z showing the route of the Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace section of this line, click here.

London Transport had planned to take over the entire line (hence it being shown as 'under construction' on contemporary tube maps) and incorporate it into its Northern Line. The conversion works were disrupted by the second world war however: the works that were suitably advanced were completed but the remainder were shelved and never resumed.

The map above shows everything except the plan to divert the section south of Finsbury Park onto the short underground line to Moorgate.

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Bridge over Mount Pleasant Villas. It was used here for filming a short GLC film pointing out the dangers of transporting nuclear waste by rail.

The day after filming.

Alternate view of the bridge shown above showing how the line skirted around the major hills en route to Highgate.

(photo: 2003)

Track bed level of the Mount Pleasant Villas bridge.

(photo: 2003)

Passing under Mount View Road.

There is not much distance between the location of the photo above and this one but it demonstrates the sudden increase in the height of the land.

(photo: 2003)

Under the bridge carrying Mount View Road.

The next bridge along (Crouch Hill) collapsed in 1994 or so, during maintenance work to strengthen it!

(photo: 2003)

The entirely ugly building that would have housed Crouch End sub-station had the electrification of the line been completed.

(photo: 2003)

A little unexpected!

(photo: 2001)

Approaching the Crouch End station site with the Hazelmere Road footbridge in view.

The line seems to have been transformed into an unofficial gallery for various graffiti artists. On this visit, there were two of them (with filter masks!) blatantly spraying some of the untarnished brickwork.

(photo: 2003)

View northwards of the platforms at Crouch End station.

(Photo by Dave Bosher - Oct 2004)

The approach to Crouch End station looking back towards Stroud Green. The two people on the footbridge are family members of the photographer.

And the view from that footbridge in 2003.

The bridge has been restored now but was closed for a while after its dangerously corroded condition caused it to collapse.

Northern Heights: Crouch End to Highgate