Developments At Mill Hill East Station
This Google Map shows the area around the least-used station on the Northern Line; Mill Hill East station.
I’d never knowlingly been to the station, but I went yesterday and took these pictures.
Note.
- The short line with Dollis Brook Viaduct between Finchley Central and Mill Hill East stations.
- The Council Depot shown on the Google Map appears to be being developed as housing called MillBrook Park.
- Mill Hill station now has a lift, to the single platform.
It looks that there are major ongoing improvements.
Will The Station Be Able To Handle The Extra Passengers?
Wikipedia says this about train frequency at Hill Hill East station.
Train frequencies vary throughout the day, but are generally every 11–15 minutes between 05:44 and 00:56 to Finchley Central, Kennington or East Finchley. During peak times train services are extended to Morden.
This map from carto.metro.free.fr, shows the track layout of the track between Mill Hill East and Finchley Central stations.
Note.
- Although according to Wikipedia, the branch was built with space for a double-track, much of the route is only single-track.
- The track layout at Finchley Central station appears comprehensive.
- With the right track-layout, signalling and well-drilled drivers, there are places in the UK rail network, where six trains per hour (tph) can work from a single platform.
I am fairly sure, that with the right systems, if it were to be required, that six tph can be run all day on the branch.
The Anonymous Widower 
Mill Hill East is all that was built and electrified of The Northern Heights Project which would have seen the line to Mill Hill East extend to link to Edgware then extend out to Bushey Heath but the war came along and the project was abandoned in the 1950s. It’s a pity the link to Edgware wasn’t built .
I found the attached video on The Guardian site which explains the plains and gives an idea of what was and wasn’t built . See –
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/davehillblog/2010/jan/12/northern-heights-plan-you-tube-documentary
Comment by Melvyn | March 8, 2020 |
The line to Mill East East is all that was built of The Northern Heights project which would have see this branch continue to link with Edgware Station with a useful interchange with the MML at Mill Hill Broadway and extend from Edgware to Bushey Heath but the war came along and the project was abandoned in the 1950s while they didn’t preserve the route so making it difficult to resurrect the plan .
I found the following report on The Guardian site which explains the plan and what was and wasn’t built….
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/davehillblog/2010/jan/12/northern-heights-plan-you-tube-documentary
Comment by Melvyn | March 8, 2020 |
Duplicates because first entry didn’t load first time ..
Comment by Melvyn | March 8, 2020 |