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Originally Posted by Bryan Morris
In message , Robin9
writes
In St James Lane in Muswell Hill, the old viaduct to Alexander
Palace in still in place, reminding us of Muswell Hill's previous
railway connection.
In the 80s, as a Haringey Councillor, I supported a light railway of , a
then unique, design running partly on rails partly suspended, funded by
the EU and which would have run from Highgate (upper level) station
along, above the abandoned line through Muswell Hill, Crouch End,
Alexandra Palace to Finsbury Park.
The idea was abandoned as the environmentalists amongst us didn't want
to build on what had become the Parkland Walk
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkland_Walk )
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I suspect that eventually those "environmentalists" will get
a shock. As London's population grows, ever greater pressure
will be placed on transport infrastructure and politicians will cast
around for relatively cheap ways of providing new capacity.
At some stage in the next thirty years or so, London Overground
will suggest running a service from Highgate (high level) along
Parkland Walk to Finsbury Park and then via Canonbury Tunnel to
Stratford. I'm convinced it's just a matter of time.