In article , Trolleybus
writes
Neasden was a Bakerloo Line depot but the Drayton Park - Moorgate line
was advertised as being part of the Northern Line. Was it
operationally part of the Bakerloo (in the way that the ELL was
advertised as Met Line but was operated by, was it the District)? Or
was it worked as Northern Line but went for overhaul via Neasden to
Northern Line depots and Acton?

It was operationally part of the Northern Line at this point, but
getting stuff to Neasden for heavy overhaul was much easier than getting
it to any Northern Line depot (from Farringdon you'd have to go via the
Circle to Earl's Court, then Hammersmith (reverse), Piccadilly to
somewhere at the east end (reverse), back to King's Cross, then King's
Cross Loop to Euston (City), then to wherever.

--
Clive D.W. Feather

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:24:37 +0100, "Clive D.W. Feather"
wrote:

In article , Trolleybus
writes
Neasden was a Bakerloo Line depot but the Drayton Park - Moorgate line
was advertised as being part of the Northern Line. Was it
operationally part of the Bakerloo (in the way that the ELL was
advertised as Met Line but was operated by, was it the District)? Or
was it worked as Northern Line but went for overhaul via Neasden to
Northern Line depots and Acton?

It was operationally part of the Northern Line at this point, but
getting stuff to Neasden for heavy overhaul was much easier than getting
it to any Northern Line depot (from Farringdon you'd have to go via the
Circle to Earl's Court, then Hammersmith (reverse), Piccadilly to
somewhere at the east end (reverse), back to King's Cross, then King's
Cross Loop to Euston (City), then to wherever.

Thank you, that's the information I was looking for.

On Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:24:37 +0100
"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote:
In article , Trolleybus
writes
Neasden was a Bakerloo Line depot but the Drayton Park - Moorgate line
was advertised as being part of the Northern Line. Was it
operationally part of the Bakerloo (in the way that the ELL was
advertised as Met Line but was operated by, was it the District)? Or
was it worked as Northern Line but went for overhaul via Neasden to
Northern Line depots and Acton?

It was operationally part of the Northern Line at this point, but
getting stuff to Neasden for heavy overhaul was much easier than getting
it to any Northern Line depot (from Farringdon you'd have to go via the

Why would you go from Farringdon? Surely a train would just be towed from
Drayton Park to East Finchley then run under its own power to Mordon?

In article , writes
It was operationally part of the Northern Line at this point, but
getting stuff to Neasden for heavy overhaul was much easier than getting
it to any Northern Line depot (from Farringdon you'd have to go via the

Why would you go from Farringdon? Surely a train would just be towed from
Drayton Park to East Finchley then run under its own power to Mordon?

How? There wasn't a route from Finsbury Park to East Finchley except via
Farringdon.

--
Clive D.W. Feather

On 27/09/2020 22:19, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
In article , writes
It was operationally part of the Northern Line at this point, but
getting stuff to Neasden for heavy overhaul was much easier than getting
it to any Northern Line depot (from Farringdon you'd have to go via the

Why would you go from Farringdon? Surely a train would just be towed from
Drayton Park to East Finchley then run under its own power to Mordon?

How? There wasn't a route from Finsbury Park to East Finchley except via
Farringdon.

There was until 1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkland_Walk

On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:34:08 +0100
Certes wrote:
On 27/09/2020 22:19, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
In article , writes
It was operationally part of the Northern Line at this point, but
getting stuff to Neasden for heavy overhaul was much easier than getting
it to any Northern Line depot (from Farringdon you'd have to go via the

Why would you go from Farringdon? Surely a train would just be towed from
Drayton Park to East Finchley then run under its own power to Mordon?

How? There wasn't a route from Finsbury Park to East Finchley except via
Farringdon.

There was until 1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkland_Walk

You'd think Clive would know about that given he's a supposed expert on
the underground.

In article , wrote:
On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:34:08 +0100
Certes wrote:
On 27/09/2020 22:19, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
In article , writes
It was operationally part of the Northern Line at this point, but
getting stuff to Neasden for heavy overhaul was much easier than getting
it to any Northern Line depot (from Farringdon you'd have to go via the

Why would you go from Farringdon? Surely a train would just be towed from
Drayton Park to East Finchley then run under its own power to Mordon?

How? There wasn't a route from Finsbury Park to East Finchley except via
Farringdon.

There was until 1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkland_Walk

You'd think Clive would know about that given he's a supposed expert on
the underground.

Despite your famed attention to detail, you seem to have missed that
the date in question for this thread is 1971.

Nick
--
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-- Janet Street-Porter, BBC2, 19th March 1996

The obvious way to transfer stock from Drayton Park to the
Bakerloo Line is via Finsbury Park (high level), then via
Copenhagen Tunnel and the North London Incline to the
North London Line, and then via Primrose Hill to the shared D.C.
lines towards Stonebridge Park.

On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:52:28 +0000 (UTC)
Nick Leverton wrote:
In article , wrote:
On Sun, 27 Sep 2020 22:34:08 +0100
Certes wrote:
On 27/09/2020 22:19, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
In article , writes
It was operationally part of the Northern Line at this point, but
getting stuff to Neasden for heavy overhaul was much easier than getting
it to any Northern Line depot (from Farringdon you'd have to go via the

Why would you go from Farringdon? Surely a train would just be towed from
Drayton Park to East Finchley then run under its own power to Mordon?

How? There wasn't a route from Finsbury Park to East Finchley except via
Farringdon.

There was until 1964: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkland_Walk

You'd think Clive would know about that given he's a supposed expert on
the underground.

Despite your famed attention to detail, you seem to have missed that
the date in question for this thread is 1971.

I apologise for having a job and not having the time to note down every single
minor detail in every thread I read.