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E' la Prima vera TUBE di tutto il mondo, anche se non proprio la prima sul piano tecnico. qualche anno prima, nel 1868 , viene costruito vicino al Tamigi ed al celebre ponte un tunnel sotto il fiume con una cabina
Per spiegare la nascita della TUBE profonda , occorre partire da un Ponte preciso , il Lambeth Bridge : l' Ingegnere Peter Barlow era solito costruire i piloni dei suoi ponti unendo in verticale dei mattoni circolari . Insomma si pensa che un giorno del 1864, vedendo i lavori e l'assemblaggio di una pila del suo ponte , avesse avuto un' incredibile intuizione . Chiamò un suo amico , l' ingegnere James Greathead , e gli propose un' idea : Perchè Non costruire invece di Piloni verticali con la stessa Tecnica dei Tubi Orizzontali Sotterranei ? Questi , oggi chiamati conci , formato un cerchio avrebbero fatto passare i treni ed altro sottoterra senza crollare ! Barlow e Greathead iniziarono a Progettare un Nuovo Tunnel con uno scudo di scavo di nuova concezione : la Talpa Meccanica (Tunnel Boring Machine) .

James Henry Greathead W&C Shield work C&SLR


Nel 1869 i due Ingegneri aprono vicino al Tower Bridge la Tower Subway : in realtà ad essere onesti , sarebbe un ascensore orizzontale , dato che la Cabina-carrozza si apriva da un lato e si usciva trainati da un cavo sotto le rotaie dall' altro lato del presunto convoglio. L'idea era rivoluzionaria, ma finì in un Fiasco: troppo costosa , inutile e dopo sei mesi la Prima Linea vera della Tube venne chiusa. Greathead non si scoraggiò, e nel 1884 fondò la City & South London Railway, e quando venne aperta il 4 novembre 1890 da Stockwell a King William Street (oggi chiusa, ma vicina a Bank) , non solo era nata la Prima vera TUBE , ma anche la Prima Ferrovia Elettrica al Mondo , poichè c' era bisogno di corrente ed ogni stazione generava con macchine a vapore sui tetti l'elettricità da passare sottoterra ai treni.




 
  Tratto EDGWARE - CAMDEN TOWN
Tratto High Barnet - CamdenTown / Tratto Via Charing X Cross / Tratto Via Bank / Tratto Kennington - Morden
 
Edgware
 
   
  Edgware station high northbound Edgware station platform 1 look north2 Edgware station platform 2 look north Edgware Station. - geograph.org.uk - 38349 Edgware station platform 2 look north2

 

Burnt Oak
 
   
  Burnt Oak stn southbound Burnt Oak stn northbound Burnt Oak tube station MMB 01 Burnt Oak Stn. S Burnt Oak tube station MMB 02 1995 Stock

 

Colindale
 
   
  Approaching Colindale - geograph.org.uk - 1653612 Colindale north Colindale south Colindale tube station MMB 01 1995 Stock Colindale tube station MMB 02 1995 Stock

 

Hendon Central
 
   
  1995 Stock at hendon Hendon Central station, underground railway above ground (CJ Allen, Steel Highway, 1928) Hendon Central tube station MMB 03 1995 Stock Hendon Central stn northbound Hendon Central stn southbound

 

Brent Cross
 
   
  Brent Cross tube station MMB 01 1995 Stock Brent Cross Underground Station platforms, looking north - geograph.org.uk - 1298336 Brent Cross tube station MMB 02 1995 Stock Brent Cross stn northbound Brent Cross tube station MMB 05 1995 Stock

 

Golders Green
 
   
  Golders green 2 station 2037558 91bc9df9 Golders Green Station. - geograph.org.uk - 28939 Golders Green London Underground Golders Green stn southbound zoom south to portals Golders Green stn centre north

 

Hampstead
 
 
In origine doveva chiamarsi HEATH STREET. La Stazione venne progettata con lo stile dell' Architetto Leslie Green , che progettò le Stazioni Sotterranee della Charing Cross & Hamstead Tube Line appunto.
  20110531 London 239 Hampstead station, NW3 - geograph.org.uk - 941906 20110531 London 234 Hampstead station northbound look south Hampstead station southbound look north HAMPSTEAD-2 261008 CPS (3998115685)

 

Belsize Park
 
   
  Belsize Park stn northbound look north Belsize Park stn southbound look south Belsize Park Tube Station Belsize Park (18510383)

 

Chalk Farm
 
   
  Chalk Farm stn northbound look south Chalk Farm stn southbound look north Chalk Farm tube station 003 Chalk Farm tube station - geograph.org.uk - 1458515 CHALK FARM-7 080613 CPS (11609337855) Chalk Farm Platform, Northern Line 2008
la Tratta viene raggiunta da quella proveniente da High Barnet
Camden Town
 
 

 

E' la Stazione forse più complessa di Londra : Non solo ha 4 Marciapiedi, ma ha addirittura almeno 4 direzioni ! E' il punto dove si incrociano le varie anime della Northern : I Due Rami Nord incontrano quelli Sud , ci sono numerosi scambi e gallerie di passaggio , e quindi occorre vedere bene la Direzione ed il treno dove ci si dirige...

 

  Camden Town stn northbound Edgware look south Camden Town stn southbound Edgware look north Camden Town tube station, underground passageway to platforms, London 3 June 2011 Camden Town stn Barnetbranch southbound look south Camden Town stn northbound High Barnet look south CAMDEN TOWN-1 261010 CPS (5143326348) CAMDEN TOWN-4 261010 CPS (5143328138) CAMDEN TOWN-5 080613 CPS (11609349325)

per Tratto VIA CHARING X CROSS

per Tratto VIA BANK

 

  Tratta HIGH BARNET - CAMDEN TOWN

 

High Barnet
 
   
  High Barnet London Underground Highbarnettubestation070607 High Barnet stn platform 3 look south The end of the Northern Line, High Barnet - geograph.org.uk - 1637227 High Barnet stn entrance

 

Totteridge & Whetstone
  
   
  Totteridge & Whetstone stn northbound Totteridge & Whetstone stn southbound Totteridge and Whetstone Station - geograph.org.uk - 1071770 Totteridge platforms Totteridge and Whetstone Station - geograph.org.uk - 388247

Woodside Park
 
   
  Woodside Park stn northbound Woodside Park stn southbound Woodside Park stn high northbound Woodside Park tube station MMB 02 1995 Stock Woodside Park Underground Station - geograph.org.uk - 1637264

West Finchley
 
   
  West Finchley stn northbound West Finchley stn high southbound West Finchley Stn platforms West Finchley Station - geograph.org.uk - 453645 West Finchley Stn S from footbridge

Mill Hill East
 
  Questa Diramazione doveva far parte di un Progetto chiamato Northern Heights , mai realizzato, che doveva "trasversalmente integrare" le due tratte Nord della Futura Northern Line con un 'altra Ferrovia, la Northern City Line con Capolinea Moorgate.
 


Leaving Mill Hill East Dollis brook viaduct Mill Hill East station - geograph.org.uk - 59038 Mill Hill East Station - geograph.org.uk - 1129483 Mill Hill East stn building

Finchley Central
 
   
  Finchley Central stn look south2 Finchley Central tube station MMB 02 1995 Stock Finchley Central Tube Station - geograph.org.uk - 1101581 Finchley Central station platforms looking north (20080722) Finchley Central stn look north1

East Finchley
 
   
  East Finchley stn northbound through platform look north EAST FINCHLEY-02 240710 CPS (4837112969) East Finchley stn centre platforms look north4 East Finchley Station London 8287 East Finchley stn northbound through platform look south

Highgate
 
 

In origine era una stazione ferroviaria, con due gallerie ai piedi di un monte , che aveva delle scale mobili colleganti la cima. Ma l' Interramento della Northern Line cambiò tutto. Oggi la Stazione sopra è abbandonata, ma la Metro esiste con questo incredibile dislivello...

 

  Highgate station northbound look south Highgate station southbound look north Highgate tube station 142 Tube entering Highgate station Highgate station circa 1870

Archway
 
   
  Archway station northbound look north Archway station southbound look south Archway tube station 099 Archway Underground Station - geograph.org.uk - 1638620

Tufnell Park
 
   
  Tufnell Park stn northbound look north Tufnell Park stn southbound look north Tufnell Park stn northbound look south Tufnell Park tube station - geograph.org.uk - 1440226

Kentish Town
 
   
  Kentish Town stn Northern line southbound look north Kentish Town stn Northern northbound Kentish Town stn Northern line northbound look south Kentish Town station MMB 01 1995-stock Kentish Town underground station, NW5 - geograph.org.uk - 831375
 

per CAMDEN TOWN

  Tratta Via CHARING X CROSS

 

per CAMDEN TOWN

 

Mornington Crescent
 
   
  Mornington Crescent northbound Mornington Crescent southbound Mornington Crescent stn northbound look north Mornington Crescent stn southbound look south Mornington Crescent Station - London MORNINGTON CRESCENT-04 230612 CPS (7567936888) MORNINGTON CRESCENT-06 230612 CPS (7567937890)

Euston
 
 

Anche qui c' è una Stranezza : i due tratti della Northern verso il centro si incontrano qui , con due differenti marciapiedi e due storie diverse.

  Euston tube stn Northern Charing X branch northbound Euston tube stn Northern Charing X southbound look south

Warren Street
 
   
  Warren Street stn Northern northbound look north Warren Street stn Northern southbound look south Warren Street Underground Station - geograph.org.uk - 965849 WARREN STREET CPS 190211 (5462416834)

Goodge Street
 
   
  Goodge Street stn northbound Goodge Street stn southbound Goodge Street stn entrance Goodge Street ticket area

Tottenham Court Road
 
 
  Tottenham Court Road stn northbound Northern look north Tottenham Court Road stn Northern southbound look south TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD-5 CPS 190211 (5462415128)


Tottenham Ct Rd Stairs TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD-6 CPS 190211 (5462415988) TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD-1 080613 CPS (11610075026)

Leicester Square
 
 
  Leicester Square stn Northern northbound look south Leicester Square stn Northern southbound look north LEICESTER SQUARE 020909 CPS (3998907648) Way Out! Leicester Square Tube Station

 
Charing Cross
 
   
  Charing Cross tube stn Northern northbound look south Charing Cross tube stn Northern southbound look north CHARING CROSS-1 080613 CPS (11610102346) CHARING CROSS-1 150210 CPS (4363473006)

Embankment
 
 
  Embankment station Northern northbound look south Embankment station Northern southbound look north Embankment tube station, Northern Line platform 8 June 2013 Embankment tube station, Northern Line train departing, 8 June 2013 EMBANKMENT-03 240710 CPS (4837179809) Embankment tube station, Southbound platform 4, 8 June 2013

Waterloo
 
 
  Waterloo tube stn Northern northbound look south Waterloo tube stn Northern southbound look north Waterloo-Northern1 WATERLOO-4 020909 CPS (3998905546)

per KENNINGTON

   
 
  Tratta Via BANK
 

Euston
 
 

Anche qui c' è una Stranezza : i due tratti della Northern verso il centro si incontrano qui , con due differenti marciapiedi e due storie diverse.

  Euston tube Northern Line City branch southbound


Euston tube station layout Euston tube station Northern line Bank branch southbound look south Euston tube stn Northern Bank branch northbound Euston station MMB 70

King's Cross St. Pancras
 
 
  King's Cross St Pancras stn Northern northbound look south 2012 King's Cross St Pancras stn Northern southbound look north 2012 King's Cross St Pancras tube station MMB 08 1995-Stock King's Cross St Pancras tube station MMB 07 1995-Stock King's Cross St Pancras tube station MMB 10 Kings Cross - St. Pancras - geograph.org.uk - 632452
Angel tube station, Southbound platform - geograph.org.uk - 670202
Angel
 
   
  Angel station northbound look south Angel tube station, northbound Platform - geograph.org.uk - 670203 Angel station southbound look north Escalator at Angel Underground Station

Old Street
 
   
  Old Street Northern line northbound Old Street southbound Nothern line Old Street northbound Nothern line Old Street stn Great Northern passageway Old Street stn Northern southbound look north

Moorgate
 
 

Tristemente nota , precisando che non coinvolse i marciapiedi qui visualizzati, il 28 Febbraio 1975 un Treno della Northern City Line (un servizio scomparso oggi occupato dai Treni regionali ) , Non si fermò al capolinea schiantandosi contro il tunnel finale . Malgrado ogni analisi le cause non sono mai state accertate, ma da allora ogni tratta terminna con una luce rossa fissa ed i controlli automatici detti uomo-morto vengono messi anche prima del capolinea, qui a Londra chiamati appunto "Controllo Moorgate"

  LU 1995 Stock at Moorgate Moorgate Northern nbound Moorgate station Northern southbound look north Moorgate station MMB 09 MOORGATE-3 261010 CPS (5143329044) Moorgate Station memorial - Andy Mabbett

Bank
 
 
  BANK-3 261010 CPS (5143324070) BANK-4 110813 CPS (11710979485) BANK-1 261010 CPS (5142717953) BANK-2 261010 CPS (5142718467) Bank Station.001 - London

London Bridge
 
   
  London Bridge tube stn northbound Northern look south London Bridge tube stn southbound Northern look north LONDON BRIDGE-4 150210 CPS (4363455476) LONDON BRIDGE-2 110813 CPS (11710990275) Nortbound northern line platform at London Bridge station 2005-11-27 LONDON BRIDGE-3 150210 CPS (4362712353)

Borough
 
   
  Borough station northbound look south Borough station southbound look north Borough tube station - Northbound platform 2005-11-27 Borough tube station lifts 01 Train leaving Borough underground station - geograph.org.uk - 1522079

Elephant & Castle
 
 
  Elephant & Castle stn Northern northbound look south Elephant & Castle stn Northern southbound look north ELEPHANT CASTLE-1 150210 CPS (4363458224) ELEPHANT CASTLE-3 150210 CPS (4363458980) ELEPHANT CASTLE-5 150210 CPS (4363460054)

per WATERLOO
Kennington
 
   
  Kennington station Bank northbound look south Kennington station southbound Bank look north Kennington station building Kennington station Charing X northbound look south Kennington station southbound Charing X look north KENNINGTON-3 CPS 190211 (5462419096) Kennington tube southbound Bank branch

 
  Tratta KENNINGTON - MORDEN
Oval
 
   
  Oval station northbound look south Oval station southbound look north Oval Underground Station - geograph.org.uk - 674899

Stockwell
 
 
  Stockwell tube station 1 Stockwell station Northern northbound look south Stockwell station Northern southbound look north STOCKWELL-2 CPS 190211 (5461824721) STOCKWELL-1 CPS 190211 (5461823967)

Clapham North
 
   
  Clapham North stn high northbound Clapham North stn look north Clapham North stn look south Clapham North tube station Clapham North stn entrance

Clapham Common
 
   
  Clapham Common stn high northbound Clapham Common stn look north Clapham Common stn look south Clapham Common tube station MMB 01 1995 Stock Clapham Common Tube Station Platforms - Oct 2007 Clapham Common stn west entrance

Clapham South
 
   
  Clapham South stn northbound look south Clapham South stn southbound look north Clapham South underground station Clapham south deep level shelter 2

Balham
 
  Questa Stazione venne distrutta , caso rarissimo, da un bombardamento aereo durante la II Guerra Mondiale il 14 ottobre 1940 . Purtroppo morirono 64 persone. E' stata poi ricostruita come era.
  Balham tube stn northbound look south Balham tube stn southbound look north Balham station entrance north side Balham tube roundel Balham station Northern line northbound look north

Tooting Bec
 
   
  Northbound platform at Tooting Bec underground station - geograph.org.uk - 625352 Platforms, Tooting Bec Tube Station - geograph.org.uk - 550723 Tooting Bec satelite building 3 roundels Tooting Bec stn northbound look south Tooting Bec stn southbound look north Tooting Bec escalators

Tooting Broadway
 
   
  Tooting Broadway stn northbound look south Tooting Broadway stn southbound look north Tooting Broadway Underground Station - geograph.org.uk - 674884

Colliers Wood
 
   
  Colliers Wood stn northbound look south Colliers Wood stn southbound look north Colliers Wood stn entrance

South Wimbledon
 
 
  South Wimbledon stn northbound look south South Wimbledon stn southbound look north South Wimbledon tube station - 1995 Stock train LU-SWimbledon-escalators Tube station 1 cz

Morden
 
   
  Morden station platform 3 look north Morden station platform 2 look south2 Morden station, London Underground geograph-3789223-by-Ben-Brooksbank Morden tube station MMB 03 1995 Stock Morden tube station 3