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Lost Lines London
Dave Bosher

Photographs of lost and forgotten lines around the capital
 

Concreting over the old railway at the remains of Crouch End station, looking towards Alexandra Palace

Crouch End station, towards Alexandra Palace, the people on the platform have a very long wait for the next train

Crouch End station looking towards Finsbury Park

Footbridge at Crouch End looking towards Alexandra Palace

Mountview Road skew bridge between Crouch End and Stroud Green looking towards Finsbury Park

Site of the platforms of Stroud Green station looking towards Finsbury Park

Stroud Green station house, now a community centre, seen from Stapleton Hall Road viaduct

Stapleton Hall Road viaduct looking towards Alexandra Palace and the site of the platforms of Stroud Green station.

Hampstead Heath? Epping Forest? No, the old Alexandra Palace railway between Finsbury Park and Storud Green looking towards Ally Pally

Upper Tollington Park bridge between Stroud Green and Finsbury Park looking towards Finsbury Park

Bridge in Highgate Wood over trackbed of Alexandra Palace line, closed 1954, seen here on 12/04/2007

View through the same bridge of the trackbed of the Alexandra Palace line, west of Cranley Gardens towards Highgate and Finsbury Park on 12/04/2007

Muswell Hill road bridge over trackbed of Alexandra Palace Line with site of Canley Gardens station on the left, 12/04/2007

View through Muswell Hill road bridge towards Alexandra Palace on 12/04/2007. This marks the start of what is now the second section of Parkland Walk.

View through Muswell Hill road bridge in opposite direction towards Highgate and Finsbury Park, 12/04/2007. Flats mark site of Canley Gardens station

Abandoned Highgate High Level station from Station Path, rebuilt for tube trains but never used by them, scheme aborted after 1945, line closed 1954

Abandoned tunnel mouths north of Highgate High Level

The back entrance to the deep low level station at Highgate, still ine use, with the abandoned High Level station above

Trackbed of abandoned ex-GNR Alexandra Palace line looking east from Highgate towards Finsbury Park, now Parkland Walk footpath

Abandoned tunnels south of Highgate High Level on Alexandra Palance Line

View through abandoned northbound tunnel south of Highgate High Level looking towards the disused surface platforms

Close up of the abandoned tunnels south of Highgate High Level

Distant view of abandoned tunnels south of Highgate High Level

Autumn at remains of Crouch End station looking towards Highgate and Alexandra Palace.

Another view of Crouch End station looking towards Highgate and Alexandra Palace.

A view along the viaduct towards the site of Stroud Green station platforms, burned down with the buildings by brain-dead vandals in 1967.

The station house, all that remains of Stroud Green station, with the viaduct over Stapleton Hall Road. The line was closed in 1954

Mountview Road skew bridge between Crouch End and Stroud Green, looking towards Finsbury Park, on former GNR Alexandra Palace line, now Parkland Walk

Retaining wall and footbridge on the approach to the abandoned Crouch End station, closed with the line on 5th July 1954 and to freight in 1964

Crouch End station in the snow looking towards Highgate and Alexandra Palace. Line was earmarked for Northern Line tube trains

Crouch End station in the snow looking towards Finsbury Park. Platforms were reconstructed to adjust to tube train height but never used by them.

Remains of Bow Road LNER station, closed 1949