North London Line

The North London Line is a railway line that runs through the north of London. The line describes a semicircle that begins in Richmond, south-west and then north of downtown draws in the east of the city to Stratford. The route crosses a number of radial lines that start in the city center, and allows a faster and more convenient way to traverse the city without having to drive through the city center. By 2006, the line in the east went on to North Woolwich, but this stretch was decommissioned after the expansion of the Docklands Light Railway. On the North London Line passenger trains run by London Overground and freight trains.

• 3.1 branch line to Broad Street
• 3.2 Section to North Woolwich

History

The North London Line was formed by the merger of two other lines. The western part of the route, the North London Railway ( NLR), ran from Richmond via Dalston to Broad Street Station near the present railway station Liverpool Street and was opened in 1869. The NLR also had a branch line from Dalston to Stratford, which is frequented after 1944 only by freight trains.

The eastern section of the course was part of the line between North Woolwich via Stratford to Tottenham Hale. This was opened in 1846 as the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway and led temporarily by Palace Gates ( Wood Green ) in the vicinity of today's railway station Alexandra Palace. In the context of far-reaching route closures on the northern end of the northern terminus was moved in 1963 to Tottenham Hale.

1979, a new train service under the name Crosstown Link Line between North Woolwich and Camden Road was established. At the beginning there were no intermediate stops, which closed in the 1940s Stations Hackney Wick and Hackney Central were reopened later in the old location, the Homerton station after yet built. Since the track was not electrified, the services were provided with diesel railcars. Simultaneously with the introduction of the Crosstown Link Line originated in West Ham new platforms to make a transition to the subway.

In the 1980s, the closure and demolition of the train station Broad Street was decided. Meanwhile, put one one the operation of the link between Stratford and Tottenham Hale and closed the Lea Bridge Station. Thus, the two routes under the name Crosstown Link Line were connected; although the line after the closure of Broad Street station was electrified with busbars, led to the trains to Broad Street to North Woolwich to. British Rail marketed the new connection as North London Link.

On 9 December 2006, the section between Stratford and North Woolwich was closed down permanently, to make room for future extension of the Docklands Light Railway ( DLR) between Canning Town and Stratford International. The section south of Canning Town runs largely parallel to the DLR routes to Beckton and King George V, the section between Canning Town and Stratford parallel to the Jubilee Line.

On 11 November 2007, the management of the line from Network Rail was transferred to Transport for London. The line has since been operated as part of the London Overground network. In conjunction with the promise to invest in infrastructure, led by Transport for London on this line as the first pure railway line the Oyster card system with electronic ticket. Since March 2011, used with the extended East London Line ( ELL) parts of the North London Line between Dalston Junction and Highbury & Islington.

Previous deals

In addition to the initial service between Richmond and Broad Street performances on the West Coast Main Line were provided, which combined with Broad Street Harrow & Wealdstone. Most of these trains used with an intermediate stop in Primrose Hill a branch between South Hampstead and Camden Road. The other trains ran on Hampstead Heath and reached the Watford line in Willesden Junction. After the closure of the railway station Broad Street these services were provided only at peak times and redirected via a new connection in Hackney to Liverpool Street. After frequent cancellations and schedule changes, which provided for an arrival in London after the start of office hours as well as the slopes of the evening trains inappropriate during office hours, the utilization of the trains was very low; these were completely discontinued after a few years.

In 2000 Anglia Railways (now National Express East Anglia) established a connection, used the parts of the North London Line. Between Camden Road and Stratford are still remnants of return tracks to see which should increase the capacity of the route. These trains which plied five times a day in an approximate two- hour intervals between Basingstoke and Chelmsford were marketed under the name London Crosslink. The trains stopped only at main node as Staines, Feltham and Brentford. On the North London Line railway stations Stratford, Highbury & Islington, Camden Road were served (some trains) and West Hampstead. Some years later, these services were canceled again due to high costs and increasing capacity constraints.

The lack of advertising and lack of integration into existing services be held responsible for the failure of this offer. This resulted in travel times without any discernible pattern clock to travel times that were significantly higher than actually necessary and only a few connections at peak times. These conditions led to a workload that was significantly below expectations. Some critics claim that the achievements in the railway companies were unpopular and were therefore insufficiently marketed and successful with higher exposure could have been. Many passengers who have used the trains, on the other hand appreciated the comfort of traveling through London without having to change trains.

Route

Most of the line runs through the semicircular North London, only the stations Richmond and Kew Gardens are located south of the River Thames. Over the river leads the Kew Railway Bridge, the tracks are shared with the District Line of the London Underground. The location of the eastern terminus varied over the years. From 1944 to 1985, was Broad Street, then North Woolwich, since 2006 it is Stratford. Between the stations Finchley Road & Frognal and Hampstead Heath passes under the raised lying Hampstead Hampstead Heath tunnel.

The line has expanded throughout double, between Camden Road and Dalston Kingsland are in sections three or four tracks. The former section to North Woolwich was between Custom House and the terminus partially single track, the branch line to Broad Street to four lanes. Between Richmond and Acton Central, between Camden Road and Dalston Kingsland ( Southern Railway pair ) and between Dalston Kingsland and Stratford the line is electrified with power rails. Overhead lines are between Acton Central and Camden Road, between Camden Road and Dalston Kingsland ( freight only ) and used between Dalston Kingsland and the branch Channelsea junctions.

Closed railway stations

A series of stations of the original line are closed in time. These include:

• Maiden Lane - This station was located between Camden Road and Caledonian Road & Barnsbury at York Road, north of the goods bearing the King's Cross railway. Today there is the tunnel portal of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
• Mildmay Park - Located between Canonbury and Dalston Kingsland. He was in Mildmay Park between Newington Green and Balls Pond Road. The station was founded in 1934, presumably closed due to the small distance to the Canonbury Station. The ticket office were in geziegelten bridge piers and were demolished in 1980. Today, only remnants of the platforms are available.
• Victoria Park - Hackney Wick and Homerton Between. At this station there was a large node with a branch of the route between the Old Ford Road and Bow Church (now Bow Church ( DLR) ), who operated this popular park in east London. The station has now been completely demolished and the tracks were re-laid in the construction of the East Cross Route.

Branch line to Broad Street

A branch line of the North London Line Dalston led by the branch to the head of Broad Street Station. Other stations on the line had Shoreditch, Haggerston and Dalston Junction. Although the tracks were removed after closure, the route was largely preserved. Most of this route is reused for the extension of the East London Line, Haggerston and Dalston stations where the Junction be rebuilt.

Section to North Woolwich

On 9 December 2006, the section between Stratford and North Woolwich was closed.

• Canning Town
• Custom House
• Silvertown
• North Woolwich

All stations except the latter two are still open, they are served by either the DLR or Jubilee line. The branch line was opened in 2006 by King George V DLR runs largely parallel to the North Woolwich line and opens the same area.

Operation

Noteworthy is the technical diversity of the route. It was electrified originally continuous with the busbar system of the former Southern, and between Richmond and Gunnersbury is jointly operated with the District Line of London Transport, where in addition to the separate return conductor rail is still laid in the track's center. In the train of mainline electrification mid-1990s sections with AC catenary were added, so that here now indispensable More system EMUs happen on every ride multiple system change, at least that happens between Cannonbury and Dalston Kingsland also without stopping.

The passenger trains from Silverlink were composed of two-system EMUs of the Class type 313 together, which are equipped for both busbars with 750 V DC as well as for overhead lines with 25 kV AC. Each train consists of three cars and is part of a comprehensive 23 units car park, which is also used on other Silverlink lines. As part of the London Overground project, they will be replaced by three- car trains of type Class 378 2009.

The North London Line was known to the passengers for very poor service. The trains on this route were often overloaded and unreliable. Late cancellations were not uncommon and often rely passengers this line to alternative lanes. Conveniently, the train tickets were recognized by most parallel bus routes. There is reason to hope that this state during the upcoming route acquisition by Transport for London and the link with the East London Line (from 2010) improved markedly.