Friend Peter Rose has once more been exploring the delights that the capital has to offer.
This time he and his trusty camera have brought us the transport highlights of the area surrounding what was Finsbury Park railway station and has now been elevated to the level of an Interchange.
All the images reproduced here do so with Peter’s permission and my thanks.
The station dates back to the 1850s when the ‘Great Northern Railway’s line from Kings Cross arrived at what was then known as Seven Sisters Road (Holloway) station.
Becoming Finsbury Park station in July 1861
This was gradually extended North to York by the GNR and eventually to Edinburgh by the ‘North Eastern’ and ‘North British Railways’ so creating what is now known as The East Coast Main Line.
Underground trains arrived in the form of the ‘Great Northern & City Railway’ in 1904.
Trams and buses have been around since the early days when I suspect that they would have been powered by horses.
Today, such is the volume of traffic that two bus stations are required to service their needs. The bus fleet that services the needs of London consists mainly of double deckers.
There are however, some routes where single deckers are the norm.
LJ67 DLF ‘Go-Ahead London Central’ No. SEe74.
BYD D8UR / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200EV
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YX12 ABF ‘Stagecoach London’ No. 37561.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured displaying its previous owner’s ‘Tower Transit’ branding.
’Tower Transit’ were part of the Australian owned ‘Kelsian’ group who sold some of its London operations to the ‘Stagecoach’ group in June 2022.
New to ‘First Capital’ No. DMV44257.
SK17 HGP ‘Stagecoach London’ No. 39138.
Wright Streetlite D/F
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Tower Transit’ No. WV42614.
DY69 NVG ‘LONDON DIAL A RIDE,’ Bermondsey, No. D1839.
Volkswagen Transporter / Mellor Tucana
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YX58 HVD ‘Stagecoach London’ No. 37552.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. Dart / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Capital’ No. DML44074.
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