Station Close, Finchley Central
 

Hi all,

Has Finchley Central station been relocated from the Station Close area? Did
the station's name change when it was relocated? TIA.

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Station Close, Finchley Central
 

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Hi all,

Has Finchley Central station been relocated from the Station Close area?
Did
the station's name change when it was relocated? TIA.

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Station Close, Finchley Central
 

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what does your message mean

Explained below.

"John Rowland" wrote in message
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Has Finchley Central station been relocated
from the Station Close area?

Station Close is a small road off Station Road in Finchley. Its angle is
reminescent of station approach roads across the country, but it is not
particularly near the station. This makes me think that the station used to
be here, but has been moved to its current site.

Did the station's name change when it was relocated?

Was the old station called "Finchley" and did it acquire the name "Central"
when it was moved?

--
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Station Close, Finchley Central
 

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what does your message mean

Explained below.

"John Rowland" wrote in
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Has Finchley Central station been relocated
from the Station Close area?

Station Close is a small road off Station Road in Finchley. Its angle is
reminescent of station approach roads across the country, but it is not
particularly near the station. This makes me think that the station
used to
be here, but has been moved to its current site.

Did the station's name change when it was relocated?

Was the old station called "Finchley" and did it acquire the name
"Central"
when it was moved?

--
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That's why my vehicle's the Piccadilly Line -
It's the size of a county and it comes every two and a half minutes



No, the station has always been in the same place. Station Close is not
shown on the 1895 O/S map, so I'm not sure when it was added. I assume
it's called station Close because it's off Station Road. In 1895, Station
Road was the only road running parallel to the railway line, and there
were no buildings shown on the railway side of the road. There is
nothing on that map that looks as if it could have been anything that
later became Station Close. There is a foot exit from the Bridge at
Finchley to Station Road, and this is also shown on the 1895 map.


Roger

Station Close, Finchley Central
 

I am not 100% but wasn't the original name for the station 'Church End'

Station Close, Finchley Central
 

John Rowland wrote:
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Was the old station called "Finchley" and did it acquire the name "Central"
when it was moved?


I understand that the station used to be called "Finchley Church End" or
even just "Church End". I'm not quite sure where I found that out. Are
there any links to old maps?

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On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 19:56:35 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:

"Anon" wrote in message
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what does your message mean

Explained below.

"John Rowland" wrote in message
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Has Finchley Central station been relocated
from the Station Close area?

Station Close is a small road off Station Road in Finchley. Its angle is
reminescent of station approach roads across the country, but it is not
particularly near the station. This makes me think that the station used to
be here, but has been moved to its current site.

Did the station's name change when it was relocated?

Was the old station called "Finchley" and did it acquire the name "Central"
when it was moved?

According to Leboff ('London Underground Stations', Ian Allen, 1994):

"Opened as 'Finchley & Hendon' on 22 August 1867 by the GNR. The
station was renamed 'Finchley' on 1 February 1872 and the
track/platform layout altered two months later to allow through trains
to High Barnet. Its title was changed to 'Finchley (Church End)' on 1
February 1894, and the station was finally given its current name on 1
April 1940. The track layout was latered and the platforms extended
at their southern end in advance of the commencement of Northern Line
serviuces on 14 April 1940, when the line was extended from East
Finchley to High Barnet."

The current station building is the original GNR one, and Station
Close is much too far south to have been affected by the
platform-extentsions in 1940. Take a look at the aerial view from
www.multimap.co.uk:

http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cg...ze=small&lang=

You can see that Station Road is not perfectly straight and it does
"bulge" away from the track line quite considerably, hence Station
Close (roughly central on the photo) could be "fitted" in.
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Station Close, Finchley Central
 

On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 12:07:59 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Hi all,

Has Finchley Central station been relocated from the Station Close area? Did
the station's name change when it was relocated? TIA.

David Leboff's book confirms my view that is is still the original
Great Northern station. I am not clear whether the relative status of
the entrances was changed at some point however..

AS a tube station it has always been Finchley but ion steam days it
was Finchley and Hendon and then Finchley Church End.
--
Peter Lawrence

Station Close, Finchley Central
 

Peter Lawrence wrote:

snip
AS a tube station it has always been Finchley but ion steam days it
was Finchley and Hendon and then Finchley Church End.

I may be wrong but I thought I'd seen an old tube map with "Church End"
on. Any links to old maps?

Station Close, Finchley Central
 

Paul wrote:
Peter Lawrence wrote:

snip
AS a tube station it has always been Finchley
I think he means Finchley Central
but ion steam days it
was Finchley and Hendon and then Finchley Church End.

I may be wrong but I thought I'd seen an old tube map with "Church
End" on. Any links to old maps?

http://clives.members.easyspace.com/tube/tube.html
http://www.sitehouse.net/cdl/maps.html

Between them, these two sites provide maps for every year in the relevant
period.
The station was included on the tube maps as part of the planned extensions
of the Northern Line, named as follows:

1937: Finchley Central [geographic map]
1938: Finchley (Church End)
1939: Finchley (Church End)

From 1940, it is shown as a Northern Line station, and is always Finchley
Central, as far as I can see.

Incidentally, at http://www.paddingtonticketauctions....main26cat.html,
item 15 is a 1927 tube/tram/bus ticket that refers to the station as
"Church End Station (Finchley)".

--
Richard J.
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Incidentally, at http://www.paddingtonticketauctions....ain26cati1.jpg,
there's a 1927 tram ticket that refers to the station as "Church End
Station (Finchley)".

Station Close, Finchley Central
 

Can anyone shed any light then as to how/when/where the disused building at
the top of Nether Street fits into all this? And why is that building so
much higher than the present line?

You can see it behind Lorenzos on street level, or opposite the Central pub.
Can also see it from the train line if going between Finchley Central and
West Finchley. You'll need to look up from there, however, but it definitely
looks like an old station.

Alan



"Peter Lawrence" wrote in message
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On Sat, 7 Feb 2004 12:07:59 -0000, "John Rowland"
wrote:

Hi all,

Has Finchley Central station been relocated from the Station Close area?
Did
the station's name change when it was relocated? TIA.

David Leboff's book confirms my view that is is still the original
Great Northern station. I am not clear whether the relative status of
the entrances was changed at some point however..

AS a tube station it has always been Finchley but ion steam days it
was Finchley and Hendon and then Finchley Church End.
--
Peter Lawrence