Crouch End
View from the site of the former Crouch End station, looking towards Finsbury Park, along the old GNR Northern Heights line, opened in 1867 and closed in 1954, after almost becoming part of the LUL Northern Line. It is now the Parkland Walk footpath which is totally unlit at night. This view is on 3rd July 2014, 60 years to the day since the line closed to passengers. Had it not been for WWII, tube trains would now be running along here and passengers would simply take them for granted. I live in Crouch End and I must say it would be very useful to have a station again instead of having to go everywhere on buses which often come along full up and also get stuck in traffic jams, plus the interchange with National Rail and London Underground services at Finsbury Park is not exactly convenient. There have been many suggestions in recent years to rebuild this line as a Docklands Light Railway style line or a tramway but they have all fallen on deaf ears.
Location: Crouch End (former)
Original line: Edgware, Highgate and London Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Disused London stations 1981-2023
Date: 03/07/2014
Image number: 71916
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