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In message , Clive
writes In message , writes I wasn't clear what the Moorgate numbering scheme, especially as these things change over the years. What are now the FCC platforms were the GNC and not Metropolitan ones at the outset. Has this any connection to the Northern City Line? As was. Yes: originally the Great Northern and City Railway, opened in 1904. Purchased by the Metropolitan Railway in 1913, transferred to London Underground in 1933, lost its potential moment of glory when the Northern Heights project for the Northern line was abandoned after the war, cut back from Finsbury Park to Drayton Park in 1964 to allow for the Victoria line, renamed as the Highbury branch of the Northern line in 1970, transferred to British Rail who made a new connection to the surface lines at Finsbury Park in the 1970s and now part of the FCC network. Although seemingly much unloved over the years, it's now back to fulfilling its original intended purpose of easing congestion at King's Cross by running commuter services down to a more convenient city station at Moorgate. -- Paul Terry |
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