morning! i rather randomly find myself out
starting at Colindale station today
at the top end of the Northern Line, i'm in Zone 4
heading for Zone 5, and
the end of the line at the top of the northern line
as i head to Edgware
today's Edgware Underground station opened in 1924
making it 99 years old this year
it was original part of the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead railway
it was actually Edgware's second station
the first one was later demolished
because a planned extension never happened
but more on that later
first let's look at the existing station ... as it now
welcome, to Edgware Station, Zone five
not Zone six, top of the Northern Line
i've come in on platform three
odd numbered of platforms here, three platforms
three, two in the middle, and one over there
the first thing i want to do though, is fine a Roundel
not THIS roundel, but one with the err
the special 'W'
lower winter sun, i found it yeah
it's here at the end of platform 2
basically, in secrets of the underground
district line ..... ? many years ago!
"the unique crossing over of the W on the roundel at West Brompton"
it had a crossing over of the W
it was the only one on the network that was like that
i was wrong! or was i just not aware, there's also one here
at Edgware, i really like the 'W' on the roundel here
and where that train just pulled in at the buffers
you'll see that the track, carries on ... is that
going further? a clue to the extension?
maybe!
and i've just spotted a rather funky feature here, in a waiting area
and i think this is fairly unique because i can't think of another Tube station where this happens
there's this rather intruiging double-backed bench
setup, which means one person, can be sitting on this side
and another person, can be sat on this side
there are by the way, no toilets at Edgware station pay attention to this sign
and as this pigeon, tried to take a free ride
i don't think it had tapped in on its Oyster card either
the train shed roof here at Edgware, caught my attention
i'm just having a small moment on wonder, Youtube
i have been to Edgware Tube Station many times
a lot on Tube Challenge, where you arrive at the tube station
you just run out at leave immediately, or you arrive
from Canons Park, don't come from Stanmore
because you've come on the bus
and then you come in ... and just depart on a train
what i've never done, is just ... hung out
on the platforms, at Edgware Tube Station
why would you? you'd just ... be going about your business
but only now have i realised by doing this
it's got a really great roof!
people talk like on the mainline about
Paddington or St Pancras or Kings Cross
havig an impressive roof above a terminus station
Edgware's got one too, only above Platforms 2 and 3 though
ignore Platform 1, Platform 1 is rubbish
but above platforms 2 and 3 here at Edgware
come and admire the roof, it's lovely!
step free access to all platforms
is via two lifts, and this walkway
which is where you'll find this sneaky labyrinth artworrk hiding out
number one hundred and eighty six here
but i then wanted to admire the ticket hall
and the station building exterior
do you want a genuine fun thing?
just zoome in, there's a chap over there
been chatting to the really nice guy
and he said this thing happens, and i didn't believe him
and then it literally just happened there's a chap that just came up and he was like
where's Edgware Road?
and he's like - you've come to the wrong Edgware haven't you?
people ... genuinely get a little but confused
and then want to go to Edgware Road, and the end up
looking on a tube map, and getting
the wrong train, and wrong line
and they come to Edgware and he has to send them back down
into London, to go to Edgware Road, so
that is a thing!
people get Edgware Road, and Edgware, confused!
outside, you should absolutely take a moment to admire the collonade of columns
and some people think that it's a Leslie Green design
but in fact it was Green's sidekick, Stanley Heaps
that desinged all the stations on the extension, up to Edgware
it's lovely to admire, but also
really hard to get a clean shot for any prolonged period of time
without a vehicle crashing your shot ...
... like that
and then, i know you're here for the trains
but actually, we can't do Edgware, without talking about buses
now that is a 204 bus, that's just pulled away
at the legenday bus-stop G, here at Edgware Tube Station
yes, it's a tube station so we're gonna talk about buses
because .. one! i don't think there's a car park
unless you count the one at Sainsbury's
but there is a bus station here at Edgware
and the reason why bus-stop G here is legendary
is because i've been checking on the TfL website
and as far as i can tell
this might be the bus stop ... and youtube comments i'm sure you'll tell me if you know better
that is served, by most buses - now there is a slight
twist, in that it's an alighting point only, but i checked
and as far as i can see
fifteen regular, FIFTEEN
regular numbered bus routes stop here
plus two school buses, plus three night buses
so this bus stop, is served - technically, alighting point only
by 20 bus routes
is there, a bus stop, TfL in London, that is served by more bus routes that that - more than 20!
let me know
now when i walked from Mill Hill East to Edgware
in my London's Lost Railways series in 2021
i featured all the paths and bridges that used to be where the railway was
but someone left me a nice comment, telling me that i'd missed one
time to go and find it
and the comment that was left
basically said that there was a bit that i'd missed
around the back, of the sainsburys car park
'cause you can still see on Google, there's a bridge
where the line used to go, so i've come
to the back, of the Sainsbury's carpark
there's a fence approaching, which i think
i ... don't know if i can get to the bridge or not
let's find out
ok, so no you can't get down there
it is just another entrance to Edgware track depot
but if you look on, Google Earth
3D, Streetmaps, view you can see there's a bridge
over the road just down there where that railway line used to run
what's gonna happen now therefore is that i've realised
i'm going to have to do the thing in Edgware, which i should have done
in London's Lost Railways when i was here, so basically back in Epsiode 3
of London's Lost Railways
i walked from Mill Hill East to Edgware
but i never went beyond, Edgware
and there is in fact, and old bit of railway
which they started to build, but didn't finish
that they never finished, and i've never been there
maybe i kind of knew all the time
that one day i would do an end of the line series
and when it got to Edgware's turn, that's when i'd walk it
so i'm gonna go all Inception on ya
and we'll do a series
within ... a series ... like this
so you should watch the whole video that i made ages ago
about the Nothern Heights extension, and how it never happened
but if the three stations beyond Edgware has been built
then this is how it would have looked on a map today
and what you can do is then go for a walk along the residential roads where they infilled the space
that was left for the railway
and the houses now look completely different to the houses in nearby roads
and then, you can also walk to the point
where they started to build the next station up the line
but never finished it
and what this meant, is that you had a
thin narrow piece of land which had been set aside
to be reserved for the railway
the railway that was never built, and when the project was cancelled
they then filled it in with houses instead, and if you look down there
there's a street called Campbell Croft which is very narrow, it's so narrow
there's even a sign up that says mind how you park
don't park in the way, and then here
this is Shelley Close, again it's a narrow strip of land so on one side
there's just bushes there aren't any houses, and then on this side
it's just a row of bungalows
because this has been infilled
all around here, the estate in this area
is all mock-tudor houses, so you can tell
that this is different because the style of housing is different to all the other houses, in the area
this is a dead end, Shelly Close but then the other side
carries on, and then we get to something very very cool
so, we're on the noisy A41, there's layby here
cars are going past, and then ... there is this
brick wall, the land is up for sale apparantly
and the railway would have come right across here
and this brick wall, definetely part of a structure
which would have been, part of the bridge to carry the railway across
but the MOST exciting thing to see, so exciting that i brought my drone
is around the corner, let's go for a wander there
and THAT is the location
of where Brockley Hill tube station was going to be
work started on it, but than abandoned because of World War 2
but these brick arches do remain and would have formed part of the railway viaduct, and part of the station
now sadly, and i don't want to focus on it too much on camera
this has now become a place that it would seem is popular for fly-tipping
but!
here, you can see, the brickwork with the grafitti
this is where Brockley Hill Northern Line tube station would've been, maybe
an ariel shot, will look better
yup, here's how it looks from above
there are just two brick arches remaining nowadays
but you can also see here from an older photo, that there used to be more
as well as this artists impression
of how the station was going to look, had it ever been completed
if you want to come and visit this site yourself
you can, and it takes about 20 minutes to walk here from Edgware
but i decided, to take the bus back
here endeth the episode within an episode
no more Lost Railways
back to the End of the Line, heading back to Edgware
i'm actually standing in a bus stop waiting for the 107 bus to take me back
Youtube - i'm gonna break the fourth wall a little bit
i'm feeling qute dispirited - genuinely, about
all the flytipping that we saw there, it's unavodiable to see
in the clips and in the footage, i can't help think that
should probably do something about it
if you live, in Barnet
maybe you can email, or write to the council
is there something we could do, if we get enough people
live in the area, or any other, borough of London
maybe get that cleared up, particuarly if you live
in the London Borough of Barnet
i'll put my thoughts, in the description, in as a comment
Barnet Council! let's go clean it up - here comes the bus
and as if we've planned it, that brings us back to Edgware station
back to bus stop 'G', where we started, so route 107
is one of those fifteen routes that uses what i think is London's most frequented bus stop
i'm gonna end my day here
that is End of the Line at Edgware, loads more to go think i'll go to Chesham next
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thanks for watching, see you soon, bye.