Drayton Park
Drayton Park, looking south towards the tunnels and the steep staircase, on 2nd February 2019. After the scheme to link this line to the Alexandra Palace branch was aborted, it remained as an Underground shuttle branch of the Northern Line from Moorgate to Finsbury Park until October 1964 when the Drayton Park to Finsbury Park section was closed for building the Victoria Line, the ex-GNCR tunnels at Finsbury Park being taken over by westbound Piccadilly Line trains which became cross-platform with southbound Victoria Line trains when the first section of that line opened in 1968. It was not until 8th November 1976 that trains ran again between Finsbury Park and Drayton Park with electrification of the ex-GNR suburban services.
Location: Drayton Park
Original line: Great Northern and City Railway
Photographer: David Bosher
Contact photographer: David Bosher
Photosets: London Area Stations 2009-2023 Station nameboards, National and Heritage lines 1974-2023
Date: 02/02/2019
Image number: 80080
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