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Broad Street No. 2 to South Acton, Bollo Lane Junction

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This is a track and signalling schedule from the original British Railways 1960 archive, compiled by Brian Robertson. It records the running lines, junctions, signal boxes, and stations along this section as worked in the nationalisation era.

Section of Line	Opened	Closed	Notes

Dalston Western Junction to Broad Street		30.06.1986 (A)

	Junctions and other features	Running Lines		Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes
	Junctions and other features	Up	Down	Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions	Distance from Signal Box above	Loops and Refuge Sidings	Notes
Maximum permissible speed 60 m.p.h.* * There are four running lines between Broad Street station and Camden Road Junction. The lines on the left-hand side are named No. 2 lines (or fast lines) and those on the right-hand side are named No. 1 lines (or slow lines)
1	—	–	↓↓	Broad Street No. 2	–		o. 1.11.1865 c. 30.6.1986
2		↑↑	↓↓	Broad Street No. 1	0m 132yds
3		↑↑	↓↓	Skinner Street Junction	0m 187yds
4		↑↑	↓↓	New Inn Yard	0m 231yds
5		↑↑	↓↓	Dunloe Street	0m 1108yds
6		↑↑	↓↓	Dalston Junction, Junction (Station)	0m 1626yds		c. 30.6.1986
7		↑↑	↓↓	Western Junction	0m 462yds
8		↑↑	↓↓	Canonbury Station	0m 1310yds
9		↑↑	↓↓	Canonbury Junction (Signals No. 1 lines only)	0m 398yds
10		↑↑	↓↓	Highbury and Islington Station	0m 553yds
11		↑↑	↓↓	Caledonian Road and Barnsbury Station	0m 822yds
12	*	↑↑	↓↓↓	York Road Junction	0m 701yds		* This route is clearly shown on maps and joined the G.N. main line north of Kings Cross. For some reason though it is not shown in the sectional appendix.
13		↑↑↑	↓↓	St. Pancras Junction (Signals No. 2 lines and arrival and departure roads only)	0m 407yds
14		↑↑	↓↓	Maiden Lane Junction	0m 379yds
				Maiden Lane Station
15		↑↑	↓	Camden Road Junction	0m 492yds
16		↑	↓	Kentish Town West Station	0m 878yds
17		↑	↓	Gospel Oak Station	0m 1164yds
18		↑	↓	Hampstead Heath Station	0m 764yds
19		↑	↓	Finchley Road and F. Station	1m 288yds
				West End Lane Station
20		↑	↓	Brondesbury Station	0m 1314yds
				Brondesbury Park Station
21		↑	↓	Kensal Rise Station	1m 100yds
22	?	↑	↓↓	Kensall Green Junction	0m 1230yds
23		↑	↓	High Level Junction	0m 745yds
24		↑	↓↓↓	Old Oak Junction	0m 579yds
25	? *	↑↑	↓	Acton Wells Junction	0m 613yds		* Speed restrictions were shown to and from "Old Oak Loops lines" but no route is shown.
26		↑	↓	Acton Central Station (Level Crossing)	1m 114yds
27		↑	↓	South Acton Junction	0m 1363yds
28		↑	–	Bollo Lane Junction (Level Crossing)	0m 267yds

Source: the original britishrailways1960.co.uk archive (Brian Robertson, 2003 to 2013), restored from the site’s own records. Corrections welcome via the contribute page.

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