North London Line in Transition

This film starts with a class 501 leaving Broad Street Station, it then switches to some slides I took of a class 313 at this station while it was being knocked down for redevelopment, with just the one platform still open.

Then we see some 501's using the bridge over Kingsland Road.

Then there is a wide variety of trains at Canonbury station, including diesels on the Camden Road - Stratford shuttle (before the line was electrified) as well as 501's, 416's, 313's and a Class 31-hauled MK1 train - complete with buffet car!

Finally we go to Dalston Kingsland and in addition to some 416's we see some 313's switching between ac and dc so that they can use the Graham Road spur to reach Liverpool Street Station.

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• NLL
• 416
• 501
• DMU
• 313
• Broad
• Street
• Dalston
• Kingsland
• Canonbury
• train
• railway

[WrongRoadRailways]

Lovely footage mate!

[citytransportinfo]

Thanks.

Just wish I had filmed even more!!!

Simon

[BROADTRAIN1979]

yes rode on these 501s great line great trains. ive built 'n' gauge model of canonbury station line just wired it to dcc all i have of my childhood memories great vid thanks

[citytransportinfo]

I also often rode on them. Rides were twinged with sadness - because of the way the service was being run down. The Broad Street route should never have closed... the 2010 reopening points to a better way that services could have been managed.

Ditto the northern pair of tracks at Camden Road, which it is now said will be too expensive to reopen.

Simon

[1980robpl]

These videos are amazing...copies should be given to the National Railway Museum in York, and the London Transport Museum- these are real history and need to be preserved.

[citytransportinfo]

Thanks.

I already have some video footage at the British Film Archives. One reason why I started adding films to youtube is a hope that they will end up being preserved for future generations.

I would be adding more, but my films are in S-VHS format and I've been having video player problems, plus being unemployed makes spending money on repairs somewhat difficult.

I am about to uplift more super 8 films, and then will review what to do with my videos.

Simon

[ZetanCrisp]

Great clips of film thanks! I didn't know Broad St had been demolished and went to look at it on Google earth!! It's a pity they couldnt have incorporated the station building into the Broadgate centre, but architects dont like doing that sort of thing because they want ALL the credit for their buildings :(

[TheBottledair]

proper comfortable trains these were, (better than the uncomfortable pieces of Plastic we live with today) I admit that these trains were 'wheelchair unfriendly' however they were reliable and cosy.

[mekydro]

Fascinating. I had forgotten that 313s served Broad St in its dying days.

That Class 31 shown staggering across the screen looks like it is on a special - all first-class and 2 dining cars wouldn't be a normal service train.

[Defn28]

Love the old sinny footage

[NODDINGCAT]

Tip top Film!!!!

[deltic055]

I cannot believe this was all 20years ago! The changes all around Broad St really upset my daily commute - not sure anything has changed for the better now. Live on South Coast now, but these make me want to come back and explore a bit more. I love all railways Then & Now type images. Thanks for sharing, I have subscribed and look forward to viewing more.

[gileragfr125]

class 501s remember them at wembley central confortable fast acceleration yes remember them at wembley before towing away for scrap

as reguards to a comment bout o/head north london had a 3rail dc lines some units looked southern(class 501) but only ever ran on the noth london lines from richmond to broadstreet and watford jct to london euston well after passenger use sonme went to liverpool for dept workings

[harlingtonstraker]

IIRC BroadSt was demolished around the ears of the commuters, with the end being just a muddy wasteland, wire fencing and roofless platforms. Grief those builders love to make everyone suffer for their personal convenience.

As another said, any half-decent Architect would try and design in the old (or renovated version of) station and make it a glorious centrepiece.

[duxberry1958]

i always fort that broad street station was in a odd place ,used it a few times in my train spotting day

[TheMiserablegit]

The 313s were never SR units. They were built in the late 70s for inner suburban services from Kings Cross and Moorgate.

[Glenn1967ful]

It closed in 1986 and was demolished immediately. Also it had become decrepit and badly run down and had become too uneconomic to keep open as too few passengers were using it. Broad St's services were transferred to Liverpool St, which is next door.