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The Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway was a railway line in north London, formed by an Act of Parliament of 28 July 1862,〔Hansard: (LOCAL AND PERSONAL ACTS 7 August 1862 )〕 and was effectively part of an attempt by the Great Eastern Railway to obtain a west end terminus to complement Bishopsgate railway station in east London. The line opened on 21 July 1868 between Tottenham North Junction (on the Great Eastern Railway) and Highgate Road. An extension to Kentish Town opened in 1870. An extension to Gospel Oak opened on 4 June 1888.〔Gospel Oak to Barking Line User Group: (History of the Barking to Gospel Oak line )〕 == History == Even before it opened, the line had problems. Plans to extend the western end of this line via a proposed 'London Main Trunk Railway', underneath Hampstead Road, the Metropolitan Railway (modern Circle line) and Tottenham Court Road, to Charing Cross were rejected by Parliament in 1864.〔Hansard: (RAILWAY SCHEMES (METROPOLIS). REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE )〕 Instead it was decided to terminate the line at Gospel Oak. The line opened in 1868 with the Great Eastern Railway operating a service between Highgate Road and Fenchurch Street via Tottenham.〔(Hornsey, including Highgate: Communications', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 6: Friern Barnet, Finchley, Hornsey with Highgate ) (1980), pp. 103-107. Date accessed: 14 February 2009.〕 With a very indirect route into central London at one end and no interchange at all at the other, the service was a commercial failure and the planned link to Gospel Oak was never completed. The service ceased operation entirely in January 1870 and a local act was passed in August abandoning the railway in its original form.〔Hansard: (Local Acts 10 August 1870 )〕 During 1870, a branch was constructed to Kentish Town and the line reopened as part of the Midland Railway in October, initially running between Moorgate and Crouch Hill via Kentish Town. In 1872 this was extended to South Tottenham & Stamford Hill. This provided an interchange with the Palace Gates Line. A number of new stations were opened, many of them close to existing stations. Most of these were closed in the 1940s. In 1888, the line was extended to Gospel Oak (as originally planned) although the Kentish Town branch remained the primary route and the Gospel Oak link was abandoned in 1926. In 1894 the Tottenham & Forest Gate Railway opened and the service was extended east of South Tottenham & Stamford Hill to Barking and, occasionally, beyond. In 1901, a bill was passed authorising the widening of the railway and other improvements.〔Hansard: (Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Bill 1901 )〕 This was followed by a bill in 1902 which gave the Great Eastern and Midland railways joint ownership of the line.〔Hansard: (Midland Railway Bill 1902 )〕 The line, along with the rest of Britain's railways, was nationalised in 1948 and became part of British Rail. In 1981, the Kentish Town branch was closed and the link to Gospel Oak reinstated. For more recent history see the Gospel Oak to Barking line. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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