Muswell Hill
The east side of the 17 arch Muswell Hill viaduct on the Northern Heights of London, looking west up the steep ascent of St. James's Lane towards the south end of the Alpine-like Muswell Hill Broadway, with the tower of St. James's Church in the background, on 12th February 2019. The line closed to passengers in 1954 and is now one of two sections converted into a footpath in the 1970s and both known as the Parkland Walk. Although had it not been for World War Two, this former GNR steam line would now be part of the London Underground Northern Line. Conversion work was put on hold in 1939 and never resumed after 1945 despite conductor rails, lineside cabling and a new substation at Crouch End having been completed and more than a million pounds spent on the project before 1939, work and money that was entirely wasted. Muswell Hill station was at the north end of the viaduct, its platform ruins survived into the 1970s and a school now stands on its site.
Location: Muswell Hill (former)
Original line: Muswell Hill Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: Viaducts, used and disused, including views 2008-2023
Date: 12/02/2019
Image number: 80882
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