On 12 Jan, 23:38, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
Nowt to do with the GN&C I expect, but a relic of the City Widened Lines
which provided direct services from the GN to Moorgate (Met) until the
1970s.

But the rule is clearly designed to substitute for the Northern City
service, given the only intermediate stations allowed are Old Street
and Highbury & Islington.

U

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(Mr Thant) wrote:

On 12 Jan, 23:38, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
Nowt to do with the GN&C I expect, but a relic of the City
Widened Lines which provided direct services from the GN to
Moorgate (Met) until the 1970s.

But the rule is clearly designed to substitute for the Northern City
service, given the only intermediate stations allowed are Old Street
and Highbury & Islington.

Those may have come later, of course. They were not BR(GN) served before
1976.

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Colin Rosenstiel

On 13 Jan, 00:57, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
Those may have come later, of course. They were not BR(GN) served before
1976.

Are you suggesting an arrangement existed before 1976 then?

U

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On 13 Jan, 11:55, Mr Thant
wrote:
On 13 Jan, 00:57, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

Those may have come later, of course. They were not BR(GN) served before
1976.

Are you suggesting an arrangement existed before 1976 then?


I can't answer these questions, but a couple of things are worth
drawing attention to to help focus.

Firstly, Finsbury Park to Moorgate via Northern City did have evening
and Sunday services for many years. It's relatively recently that
they've stopped, and certainly doesn't go back to the 1970s.

Secondly, as far as I know, there were services from the Bedpan line
to Moorgate much later as well, I think until Thameslink started in
about 1988. So it was possible to go via Kings Cross to Moorgate
using only BR, with a change.

Thirdly, I think both GN and Bedpan services to Moorgate via Widened
Lines were always peak only, so any arrangement would only be
replacing peak services, not all-day services. So if there was an
arrangement allowing use of the Underground, it might have applied off-
peak in any case even when there were GN services to Moorgate via
Widenend Lines.

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(MIG) wrote:

On 13 Jan, 11:55, Mr Thant
wrote:
On 13 Jan, 00:57, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:

Those may have come later, of course. They were not BR(GN)
served before 1976.

Are you suggesting an arrangement existed before 1976 then?


I can't answer these questions, but a couple of things are worth
drawing attention to to help focus.

Firstly, Finsbury Park to Moorgate via Northern City did have evening
and Sunday services for many years. It's relatively recently that
they've stopped, and certainly doesn't go back to the 1970s.

The main point about the situation pre-1976 is that the GNCR was always
part of the Underground before then. Once BR took it over the evening and
weekend services did fluctuate somewhat but have always been more limited
than those on some other lines.

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Colin Rosenstiel