Lost Lines and Stations - North of the River
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The wide spacing between the tracks between Dalston Kingsland and Canonbury indicates the site of the platforms of the long-closed Mildmay Park station, abandoned in 1934
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2010-07-24 16:47:00
 The site of the platforms of Mildmay Park station, North London Line, now part of the London Overground. Station opened in 1880 and closed in 1934, its substantial station building stood until 1987
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2010-07-24 16:47:00
 The upper storey of the original NLR station building at Hackney opened in 1850 and closed in 1944 and now in commercial use
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2010-07-24 15:19:00
 Sign on wall of original NLR Hackney station (1850-1944) directing passengers to Hackney Central station, opened in 1980
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2010-07-24 15:19:00
The back of the former NLR station building at Hackney, closed in 1944. Hackney Central is just to the right and opened in 1980, the line having been freight only from 1944 to 1979
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2010-07-24 15:16:00
 The former NLR Hackney station opened in 1850 and closed in 1944. The building is now in commercial use, Hackney Central station opened slightly west in 1980
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2010-07-24 14:54:00
 Platform remains of the NLR's Mildmay Park station, opened in 1880 and closed in 1934
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2010-07-17 18:55:00
 Remains of the 1840 Eastern Counties Railway Bishopsgate viaduct, disused since 1964, seen from a passing London Overground train on the new link between Shoreditch High Street and Whitechapel
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2010-07-17 15:28:00
Remains of the NLR Shoreditch station, opened in 1865 and closed in 1940, seen from a passing London Overground train en route to Crystal Palace between Hoxton and Shoreditch High Street
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2010-07-17 15:26:00
 East side parapet of Muswell Hill Road bridge over trackbed of ex-GNR Northern Heights branch, closed to passengers in 1954 and freight in 1957, after almost becoming part of the LU Northern Line
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2010-06-25 14:03:00
 West side parapet of Muswell Hill Road bridge over trackbed of ex-GNR Northern Heights branch. Cranley Gardens station entrance was by the railings, demolished in the 1970s
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2010-06-25 14:01:00
 The ex-GNR Highgate station was rebuilt for tube trains in the 1930s but closed in 1954 leaving an abandoned
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2010-06-25 13:42:00
Not the depths of Epping Forest but the trackbed of the ex-GNR Northern Heights branch just to the east of the sealed tunnel mouths at Highgate
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2010-06-25 13:31:00
 Northwood Road bridge at Highgate on trackbed of ex-GNR Northern Heights branch looking towards Finsbury Park
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2010-06-25 13:28:00
 North side parapet of Northwood Road bridge at Highgate on ex-GNR Northern Heights branch, now the Parkland Walk footpath
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2010-06-25 13:27:00
 South side parapet of Northwood Road bridge at Highgate on the ex-GNR Northern Heights branch closed in 1954
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2010-06-25 13:27:00
Northwood Road bridge at Highgate on the ex-GNR Northern Heights branch looking towards Alexandra Palace
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2010-06-25 13:27:00
 Northwood Road bridge at Highgate, seen from the north side, now carries the Parkland Walk footpath on the trackbed of the ex-GNR Northern Heights line which almost became part of the LU Northern Line
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2010-06-25 13:25:00
 The most interesting bridge on the ex-GNR Northern Heights branch, now the Parkland Walk footpath, is here at Northwood Road, Highgate, which reduces the roadway to a single width, seen from the south
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2010-06-25 13:25:00
 Northwood Road bridge on the ex-GNR Northern Heights branch, now the Parkland Walk footpath, to the south of Highgate seen from the south side
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2010-06-25 13:25:00
Stanhope Road bridge on the ex-GNR Northern Heights branch, now the Parkland Walk footpath, looking towards Finsbury Park
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2010-06-25 13:18:00
 Stanhope Road bridge from the trackbed of the ex-GNR Northern Heights branch looking towards Alexandra Palace
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2010-06-25 13:17:00
 The Parkland Walk footpath follows the trackbed of the ex-GNR Northern Heights branch and this is Stanhope Road bridge between Highagte and Crouch End, seen here from the south side
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2010-06-25 13:14:00
 Stanhope Road bridge on the ex-GNR Northern Heights branch has been reduced to a single span for the Parkland Walk but the original double track width is evident in this view looking north
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2010-06-25 13:13:00
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