Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway
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The Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway was a railway line in north London, formed by an act of Parliament, the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Act 1862, (25 & 26 Vict. c. cc) of 28 July 1862,[1] which today is mostly part of the Gospel Oak to Barking line. It 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.
Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway Act 1862 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
Citation | 25 & 26 Vict. c. cc |
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.[2]