On Wed, 27 May 2015 04:22:39 -0700 (PDT)
Joyce Whitchurch wrote:
Properly speaking it's Canonbury West Junction and the bit of track we seem=
to be discussing is the Canonbury Curve.

Nowadays it allows trains from e.g. Felixstowe to run via Stratford to the =
North London Line and join the ECML at Finsbury Park. But up until 1976 it =
also carried commuter trains from Broad Street to the ECML. Wikipedia has s=
ome information at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_L...Line#Former_s=
ervices.

Apparently that was too difficult to accomplaish in the 21st century for the
revamped NLL however.

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Spud