On Jul 24, 1:21 pm, Jamie Thompson wrote:
connection no less. The main utility of the extension would not be
through commuting, but local domestic journeys (e.g. I have family

Maybe in 1940 , not now. It would be prime commuter belt country. Or
not-so-much country rather. As soon as the piccadilly line was
extended to Cockfosters in the 30s the houses followed it. I can't see
any reason why Bushey would have been different.

1990s yet. They may have to revert to the unfavoured alternatives such
as Mill Hill (aka. Copthall Sports Grounds) or Edgwarebury Park (aka.

Extended beyond Mill Hill East would be a no brainer. They'd only have
to knock down 2 houses and level the trackbed which surprisingly (to
me) is all in situ as far as Page Street. In fact just beyond MHE
station they could probably squeeze in 3 or 4 sidings before the
bridge.

B2003
Brockley Hill Station's site), so they'd both be quite good green
spaces fights), or expanding Highgate Depot by cutting down lots of
the trees in Highgate Wood (again, that'll be a nice political bit of
environmental fighting).

Anyway , the northern line has enough trouble coping with its length
as it is. Can you imagine the service if it had another 5 miles on
track bolted on north of edgware and perhaps the line from mill hill
east to edgware too?

Ironically, I think the extension wouldn't have increased loadings as
much as you'd think though, the Bushey services were to run via Mill
Hill & the Finchley branch, so I'd imagine most sane commuters would
have changed at Mill Hill Broadway/The Hale for the Midland Suburban
(Thameslink) services (so you might have even got Finchley commuters
heading contraflow if the Thameslink service was good enough). As is,
they generally drive to Elstree and Borehamwood or Watford anyway
(though I go via H&W).