LTM - Tunnels Around Finsbury Park

[melikepie]

I just stumbled across this fascinating documentary where people from the London Transport Museum explore where the current Victoria and Piccadilly Lines go and where the old tunnels of the Great Northern and City Railway are. What parts have been reused and what parts have been abandoned.

[goldenarrow]

A detailed account from the time, can be found in the article linked below

Issue 51 of Underground News, March 1966:

Finsbury Park station originally accommodated the Piccadilly Line and Great Northern and City Line tracks in two adjacent pairs of station tunnels. The Great Northern and City (now Northern City Line) platforms were opened in 1904 and the Piccadilly platforms in 1906. It was the terminal station for both lines until 1932, when the Piccadilly Line was extended to Arnos Grove.

The Victoria Line cross-platform inter­change with the Piccadilly Line is being provided by withdrawing the Northern City Line service between Drayton Park and Finsbury Park, and diverting the west­bound Piccadilly Line to the westerly of the two platforms previously occupied by the Northern City Line. This allows the northbound running tunnel of the Victoria Line, both north and south of the station, to be connected with the tunnel originally occupied by the west­bound Piccadilly Line.

[melikepie]

Just to clarify, that last part wasn't a question, just a statement. Sorry if that came out wrong.

[goldenarrow]

Amended accordingly

[jimbo]

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