Cranley Gardens railway station

Cranley Gardens
Cranley Gardens station on a 1920 map
Cranley Gardens Location of Cranley Gardens in Greater London
Location	Highgate
Local authority	Haringey
Grid reference	TQ284891
Number of platforms	2
Railway companies
Original company	Great Northern Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
2 August 1902 (1902-08-02)	Station opened
1 December 1930	Closed
July 1932	Reopened
29 October 1951	Closed
7 January 1952	Reopened
5 July 1954 (1954-07-05)	Closed to passengers
18 May 1957	Closed to goods
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Cranley Gardens railway station was a station in the Muswell Hill area of north London. It was located between Highgate station and Muswell Hill station at the junction of Muswell Hill Road and Cranley Gardens. Nothing remains of the station today and its site is now occupied by housing and a school.

History

Edgware Highgate & London Railway, 1900

The branch line from Highgate to Alexandra Palace was built by the Muswell Hill Railway (MHR) and opened in 1873; an intermediate station on this branch, named Cranley Gardens, was opened on 2 August 1902. In 1911 the line was taken over by the Great Northern Railway. After the 1921 Railways Act created the Big Four railway companies, the line was, from 1923, part of the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER). The LNER closed the station on 1 December 1930, and reopened it in July 1932.

In 1935 London Underground planned, as part of its "New Works Programme" programme to take over the line from LNER together with the LNER's routes from Finsbury Park to Edgware and High Barnet, modernise it for use with electric trains and amalgamate it with the Northern line.

Works to modernise the track began in the late 1930s and were well advanced when they were halted by the Second World War. Works were completed from Highgate to High Barnet and Mill Hill East and that section was incorporated into the Northern line. Further works on the section between Finsbury Park and Alexandra Palace were postponed and the line continued under the operation of the LNER between 1939 and 1941. After the war, dwindling passenger numbers and a shortage of funds lead to the cancellation of the unfinished works in 1950. The station was closed temporarily from 29 October 1951 until 7 January 1952. Passenger services to Cranley Gardens station were ended by British Railways with the last train running on 3 July 1954; the station closed on 5 July 1954 along with the rest of the line between Finsbury Park and Alexandra Palace.

The line continued to be used for goods until 18 May 1957 when it was closed completely. The track was subsequently removed and the buildings were demolished. The station buildings and platforms remained derelict for many years until demolished in the late 1960s and a school now occupies the site. The trackbed between Muswell Hill and Finsbury Park is now the Parkland Walk.

See also

• Edgware, Highgate and London Railway

External links

• Site of station on Multimap
• London's Transport Photographic Archive Cranley Gardens station in 1935
• Disused stations - Cranley Gardens

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Muswell Hill Line and station closed		British Railways (Eastern Region) Alexandra Palace Line		Highgate Line closed, station open
	Abandoned Northern Heights Extension
Preceding station		London Underground		Following station
Muswell Hill towards Alexandra Palace		Northern line		Highgate towards Moorgate