Talk:North London Railway
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Para 3 says 1980. Surely this is wrong. Should it be 1890, or 1880?
Probably 1800's. However Lowe's "British Steam Locomotive Builders" and a signalling website both suggest 1909. Chevin 15:15, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Junctions at the eastern end of the Railway
In connection with the to-do list above: there was no connection at the two docks, which were quite separate from each other. The layout in this area was very complicated, since there were many branches leading to goods depots owned by some half dozen companies. One line (GE-owned) did lead to the East India Docks goods depot; the GER line down to North Greenwich served the West India Docks. Directly from the NLR were lines leading to the other goods depots, some of which served different parts of the West India Docks. Many were coal depots: London needed a lot of coal!Peter Shearan 14:36, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Extension to Richmond
The article currently states that the line was extended to Richmond in 1858 via a connecting London and South Western Railway branch. The L&SWR branch to Richmond via Hammersmith (now part of the District Line) did not open until 1869. Either the NLR got to Richmond before the L&SWR or it didn't get there until after the L&SWR was opened.
It also says that Kew Gardens and Gunnersbury station opened in 1877 although they opened in 1869 along with the L&SWR branch. 1877 is when the Metropolitan District Railway and Metropolitan Railways started to operate over the L&SWR tracks to Richmond. Details of the L&SWR dates can be found at Clive's Underground Line Guides - District Line, is there anywhere similar to check the NLR dates? DavidCane 22:02, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
