Mill Hill East
View from the west end of the single platform at Mill Hill East station, LUL Northern Line, towards the abandoned section to Edgware, on 14th September 2019. The line opened throughout from Seven Sisters Road (renamed Finsbury Park in 1869) to Edgware in 1867 with branches from Finchley (Church End) (now Finchley Central) to High Barnet opened in 1872 and from Highgate to Alexandra Palace in 1873. Under the 1935 New Works scheme, the Finchley to Edgware line was to be doubled with both Mill Hill East and Mill Hill (The Hale) receiving an extra platform, plus a brand new extension north of Edgware to Bushey Heath. Work began on these and in order to facilitate the doubling of the Finchley to Edgware line, passenger services were temporarily withdrawn in 1939. On 18th May 1941, tube trains were extended on one track only from newly renamed Finchley Central to Mill Hill East, principally to serve the barracks, but the rest of the scheme was cancelled after 1945 and trains never again ran between Mill Hill East and Edgware, though the line remained open for freight until 6th June 1964.
Location: Mill Hill East
Original line: Edgware, Highgate and London Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: LU Northern Line + 1938 and 1995 stock, 1973-2022 London Underground stations 2010-2023
Date: 14/09/2019
Image number: 1622
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