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 The
Northern Line boasts a very interesting history and operating
procedure. It is the product of two separate railways.
The City and South London railway was the worlds first deep level
underground railway, opening in 1890 and running between Stockwell
and King William Street, via Kennington and Elephant and
Castle. This was merged with the The Hampstead and Highgate
Tube (todays Charing Cross Branch) as one of Yerkes many
lines. The line extended to Edgware in 1924 and the extension
to Morden took place in 1926. Today, the line serves 51
stations over it's 36 route miles, and is home to some of the
longest continuous tunnel in Europe (if you travel from Morden to
Golders Green via Bank. The line runs exclusively on 1995 Tube
Stock. This is similar to the 1996 stock used on the Jubilee
Line. The Northern Line is also home to a host of abandoned
stations, including it's original terminus at King William Street
(near London Bridge) which closed in 1900 after only ten years
service, due to the severer gradients and curves on the approach to
the station. King William was used as an air raid shelter
during the second world war, and presumably, is still in the same
condition in which it was left in 1945. City Road, another
City and South London Railway station, also closed due to lack of patronage,
and can still be spotted as trains pass between Old Street and
Angel. South Kentish Town closed during a strike at Lot's Road
power station in 1924 and never reopened. There was tale of a
man alighting at South Kentish Town not realizing it had closed, and
spent a day or so trapped in the abandoned station before he was
spotted and picked up by a driver. Another station which never
even opened on the line was 'North End', or as it is better know,
'Bull and Bush', at which some work was done at Platform Level
before the station was abandoned. Today it is used to store
LUL equipment for engineering work.
 BVE
Route: Edgware to Morden
Author: Steve Green
and Keith Hazelton
Download from: Train
Sim Central
Screenshot: Heritage train shown at the northern
end of the line.
 BVE
Route: Kennington Loop to
High Barnet
Author: Steve Green
and Keith Hazelton
Download from: Train
Sim Central
Screenshot: East Finchley Station at night.
Route Review: 13.5 miles Northbound from Kennington loop to
High Barnet stopping at 21 stations both underground and on surface
level.
BVE
Route: Finchley Central to
Mill Hill East
Author: Andy
Maycock
Download from: Andy's
Route Depot
Route Review: The route
requires you to have the East London, Northern and Piccadilly lines,
as well as Birmingham X-City and South Brookfield route, so it's
more of an add on rather than an actual route - But does seem to be
promising work along this single stretch of track from Finchley
Central to Mill Hill East.
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