TOTTENHAM UNDERGROUND STATIONS |
TURNPIKE LANE |
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HISTORY | ||||
It
was opened on 19 September 1932. It was the first Underground station in
the Municipal Borough of Tottenham and was located at the meeting point
of the boroughs of Tottenham, Hornsey and Wood Green, all now part of
the London Borough of Haringey. Like all stations on the Cockfosters extension, Turnpike Lane set new aesthetic standards not previously seen on the Underground. During the planning period for the extension to Cockfosters, two alternate names for this station, North Harringay and Ducketts Green (Ducketts Common is located opposite) were considered but rejected.
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TURNPIKE LANE STATION ON COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION 1932 -Note Art-Deco styling | ||||
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SEVEN SISTERS |
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TOTTENHAM HALE |
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HISTORY
Tottenham Hale is an interchange station
located near Ferry Lane in Tottenham, North London. It connects with
London Underground and National Rail services. On the National Rail
network it is on the West Anglia Main Line, 6 miles from London
Liverpool Street, and is served by Greater Anglia and Stansted Express
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NORTHUMBERLAND PARK DEPOT |
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HISTORY The maintenance depot at
Northumberland Park, Tottenham is responsible for looking after the
entire fleet of Victoria line trains and that includes both cleaning,
maintenance and routine servicing tasks.
Additional tunnels were
dug from Seven Sisters, bypassing Tottenham Hale and the eastern end of
the line, and it's from here that Victoria line trains enter and exit
the system. There is a third or mystery platform at Seven Sisters
Station whereby workers can catch a train to the Northumberland Park
Depot.
The Victoria Line is an automatic railway and
the whole of the Victoria Line operations are controlled from the
Control Centre at Northumberland Park Depot on a Day-to-Day basis. When
necessary, the operators at Northumberland Park can actually slow
Victoria Line trains down, speed them up or hold trains at certain
stations without any intervention from the driver.
The trains are automatic, so they drive
themselves, Obviously the driver is there in case anything goes wrong
with the train. Otherwise, for all intents and purposes, he is just an
onlooking passenger in the driving cab. At peak times there can up to 40
trains being automatically operated from Northumberland Park. |
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Article prepared by Alan Swain October 2024