In this new series we will take a look at the various lines on the London Underground, from terminus to terminus!
The Northern Line consists of the Bank and Charing Cross branches which are linked together at Camden Town. The Bank branch stretches from High Barnet in north London down to Morden in south west London, passing through the City of London. The Northern Line has a complicated history which includes the earliest deep level tube railway on the Underground.
Two separate railways were combined in the 1920s to form the Northern Line. The City & South London Railway was opened in 1890. It was London's first deep level underground electric railway and ran from Stockwell to King William Street (a station which has the distinction of not only being one of the first tube stations to open but also to close in 1900!) The CSLR was later extended to form what is now the city core of the Bank branch. The Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway was opened in 1907 running from Charing Cross to Golders Green. This now forms the city core of the Charing Cross branch.
Starting at High Barnet the line heads south through Finchley (with a branch line to Mill Hill East) and Camden. The Bank branch serves Euston, Kings Cross and St Pancras mainline termini before heading into the city serving Bank and London Bridge. Heading south of the river the Bank branch meets up with the other branch again at Kennington before heading south west to it's terminus at Morden.
Despite the name the Northern Line does not include the most northern tube stations on the Underground, however it does include the most southern!
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| High Barnet |
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| Finchley Central |
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| Clapham North |
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| Morden |
