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Have a 2 part historical query. 1) Even though Waterloo railway station in 1848 was opened some 16 years before Charing Cross railway station in 1864, were there any proposals for a curve to link the two stations at some point thereby allowing Charing Cross to travel both southeast via...

Interested to hear others thoughts on abandoned M&StJWR route from Swiss Cottage to Hampstead had it been built, especially in light of the MR's later acquisition of the GN&CR given both routes were to their greatest extent intended allow the Metropolitan Line to reach the same destinations...

While the following link goes into some detail on the abandoned M&StJWR route from Swiss Cottage to Hampstead with a terminus at New End Square by Burgh House, am interested in looking at other derived proposals such as a few that included a continuation to Highgate and Alexandra Palace. In the...

So it would seem that had such a scheme been considered, it would have likely entailed much of Finsbury Circus being sacrificed (in the absence of a more suitable solution) in order for the City Widened Lines to reach Liverpool Street and beyond onto the GEML? Apparently Finsbury Circus was...

Was not thinking of the City Widened Lines making use of the former Met/etc route to Liverpool Street mainline platforms 1/2 from Moorgate, rather was envisioning a GN&CR to MR type curve after Liverpool Street running northward roughly parallel the A10 Bishopsgate onto the GEML or a less tight...

Apologies if the following query has been asked previously, though interested to know what historical proposals there were for the City Widened Lines as far as eastward extensions beyond Moorgate were concerned? While it is probably the case of Moorgate being close enough to reach the City of...

Agreed regarding Thameslink, even if there appears to be a slight possibly for a route towards St Albans Abbey or an additional route to Bedford via Watford Junction.

In other words had this route been built and remained in existence up to the present, this particular proposal from 1878 could have established an Overground route from St Pancras to Watford Junction?

Fascinating Thanks for clearing things up regarding St James and Old Bushey.

Outside of the wiki link the only other (admittingly passing) reference is in the By Tube Beyond Edgware book, one from Edgware towards Harefield by Pinner (now Hatch End) as well as from Edgware on to the Watford and Richmansworth Railway (presumably at Watford High Street from Old Bushey). The...

Additionally the proposed route from Edgware to Caldecott Hill (for Bushey Heath) and beyond via Stanmore (London Road), Elstree (for Brockley Hill) and Heathbourne Road does not make sense, unless the planned stops at Stanmore (London Road) and Elstree (for Brockley Hill) were to be nearer to...

On the subject of the Watford & Edgware Railway, it is known whereabouts the stops at Caldecott Hill, Old Bushey, and Heathbourne Road were to be located in relation to similar schemes up to the Northern Heights plan? Because the stops in question do not to be in order with Caldecott Hill and...

Would have to agree on the lack of good orbital rail lines in NW London along with arguably other parts in general.

I see, it sounds it could have prolonged the life of the Stanmore Branch Line as a decent NW London orbital extension route for the GN (or Northern Line) had events unfolded differently. Duplication would be potential concern for a Bakerloo route to Stanmore Village depending on where it is...

Thanks for the information and historical context. In other words had things gone as planned the GN's Finsbury Park to Edgware line would have continued from Edgware (aka Edgware LNER) to terminate at Harrow (aka Harrow & Wealdstone) via the alternate Stanmore Branch Line proposal? Was...

Interested to know what plans if any there were for the Stanmore Branch Line between Harrow & Wealdstone to Stanmore Village as far as northward extensions beyond Stanmore Village and any southeastward curve (towards Kenton) are concerned before it was finally closed in 1964 due to the Beeching...

Apart from the Palace Gates line, there was abandoned plans for both a branch to Winchmore Hill from just after Tottenham Hale (running south of White Hart Lane) as well as a loop line to Enfield Lock (then known as Ordnance Factory) from Edmonton Green (not forgetting as well as the proposed...

Thanks, from seeing the map in question will second your view on the potential viability of an Eastward Curve scheme.

Interesting, can you provide a link to the 1850 one-inch map? Only know the GER did consider such a route though it ended up not being built and became little more than an obscure footnote. More fascinated by the potential value of an Eastward Curve had it been built in spite of the fact no...

Not sure when the scheme was originally proposed let alone the rationale behind it, though would it be correct to say the an Eastward Curve was proposed by the GER only to be thwarted by financial troubles and the fact the planned route was increasingly being built up? The National Library of...