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 OVERGROUND - Northern Heights - April 1970
This railway ran from Finsbury Park via Stroud Green and Crouch End to Highgate, with a branch from Highgate via Cranley Gardens and Muswell Hill to Alexandra Palace.
The sidings nearest the camera were known as 'Highgate Wood' sidings and paralleled the Alexandra Palace branch which diverged here.
The station building is on the road bridge, and a trestle to support the weakened bridge has been built directly onto the southbound track.
pages.britishlibrary.net /overground/heights

  
 Encyclopedia: Muswell Hill
Nearest railway station: Alexandra Palace from the east Alexandra Palace was built on a hill in Muswell Hill in North London in 1873 as a public entertainment centre.
Until the mid-20th century there was a rail branch line from Highgate which passed through Muswell Hill, terminating at a station at Alexandra Palace, and there was a plan to integrate this into the London Underground Northern Line ; tube maps of the time showed the line as under construction.
Alexandra Palace railway station is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 3.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Muswell-Hill

  
 Parkland Walk
The Alexandra Palace branch ran to the west and north of Highgate Woods, where it is fenced off and overgrown.
As you approach Alexandra Palace the route of the railway line becomes more difficult to follow, with some parts of it having been built over.
Just beyond the bridge is the site of Muswell Hill station, which has now been built over with houses and a school.
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 Muswell Hill - InformationBlast
Until the mid-20th century there was a rail branch line from Highgate which passed through Muswell Hill, terminating at a station at Alexandra Palace, and there was a plan to integrate this into the London Underground network; tube maps of the time showed the line as under construction.
Close to Alexandra Park and Highgate Woods, with something of a village atmosphere, Muswell Hill has developed from the staid suburb it was in the 1950s to become fashionable, with a large selection of trendy bars and restaurants.
Muswell Hill is a place in London, England in the London Borough of Haringey.
www.informationblast.com /Muswell_Hill,_London,_England.html

  
 Muswell Hill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Until the mid-20th century there was a rail branch line, the Muswell Hill Railway, from Highgate which passed through Muswell Hill, terminating at a station at Alexandra Palace, and there was a plan to integrate this into the London Underground Northern Line; tube maps of the time showed the line as under construction.
Muswell Hill is in postal district N10 and the area is mostly in the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
Muswell Hill is an area in the London Borough of Haringey in London, England.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muswell_Hill   (1220 words)

  
 Closed London Underground stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stroud Green, Crouch End, Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill and Alexandra Palace (on the line between Finsbury Park station and Alexandra Palace via Highgate) continued to be part of the LNER (and later British Railways) until the line closed in 1954.
There is an actual part of the mainline Mid-Kent Railway that interchanges with New Cross tube station, and the stations are, southwards in order: St.
A number of stations on the eastern end of the District Line were formerly served by trains out of Fenchurch Street Station, the platforms of which remain.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_closed_London_Underground_stations   (1380 words)

  
 Closed London Underground stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stroud Green, Crouch End, Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill and Alexandra Palace (on the line between Finsbury Park station and Alexandra Palace via Highgate) continued to be part of the LNER (and later British Railways) until the line closed in 1954.
These stations of the London Underground and its predecessor companies (such as the Metropolitan Railway, the City and South London Railway and Underground Electric Railways of London) are now closed and, for the most part, abandoned:
Part of a modified tube map is shown which shows the fictitious tube stations Lewisham, Ladywell, Edge of the World and Catford on the East London Section of the Metropolitan Line south from New Cross tube station.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_closed_London_Underground_stations   (1187 words)

  
 Closed London Underground stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stroud Green, Crouch End, Cranley Gardens, Muswell Hill and Alexandra Palace (on the line between Finsbury Park station and Alexandra Palace via Highgate) continued to be part of the LNER (and later British Railways) until the line closed in 1954.
These stations of the London Underground and its predecessor companies (such as the Metropolitan Railway, the City and South London Railway and Underground Electric Railways of London) are now closed and, for the most part, abandoned:
Part of a modified tube map is shown which shows the fictitious tube stations Lewisham, Ladywell, Edge of the World and Catford on the East London Section of the Metropolitan Line south from New Cross tube station.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_closed_London_Underground_stations   (1166 words)

  
 The Railway comes to East Finchley
A year later, a further branch was opened from Highgate to serve the newly constructed Alexandra Palace, with an intermediate station at Muswell Hill.
The proposals included a thorough electrification programme, conversion of the remaining single track from Finchley to Edgware to double, extended to Bushey, and to overcome the bottlenecks, new links to the Underground via Highgate and to Moorgate via the Metropolitan Railway at Finsbury Park.
When first opening an old map of Finchley I was surprised to see the railway marked as the "Edgware Line" not the "Barnet Line".
www.the-archer.co.uk /history/railway.html   (1166 words)

  
 OVERGROUND - Northern Heights - April 1970
This railway ran from Finsbury Park via Stroud Green and Crouch End to Highgate, with a branch from Highgate via Cranley Gardens and Muswell Hill to Alexandra Palace.
The original GNR station building is just visible on the southbound side platform and survives as a private dwelling.
The windows were bricked up after closure, and the entire structure has long since been demolished.
pages.britishlibrary.net /overground/heights   (1166 words)

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