Visiting the end of the line

If you mean which of those is the nicest to visit from a non-railway point of view, then Epping is a nice place and Wimbledon has some nice bits (mainly by the river I think).
From a rail transport point of view then Wimbledon offers the most variety with C and D stocks*, trams and several NR stocks.

If you are interested in station architecture then I can recommend combining a trip to Epping with stops at Loughton (art deco) and Gants Hill (inspired by the Moscow metro architecture).

*In the future it might be possible to see C, D and S stocks in the station at the same time, but that wont be for a while if ever (depends whether the Wimbleware service is ever operated with a mixture of C and S stocks or whether it changes over in one go)

I think you will find it was the other way round, and Charles Holden and his architects' team gave inspiration to the initial Moscow architectural designs (although Gants Hill itself was not done until after the Moscow system was well under way).

It's the basic arrangement that is the similarity rather than the decoration, so don't go to Gants Hill expecting to see a whole lot of "peasant and workers" artwork in coloured tiles, or art deco lighting fittings! The basic style is the high barrel-vault roof opening to the platforms on either side, with entrances at both ends. Common in Moscow and St Petersburg, but I believe that Gants Hill is the only one like it in London. I have to tell you that visiting Russians I have taken out to visit Gants Hill (yes, honestly!) have all said "ah, yes" as soon as we step from the train into that lower concourse area.

Here's Gants Hill

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And here's Mayakovskaya

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on Moscow Line 2, opened in 1938.

It's only the earliest station that were decorated like this (although the arrangement remained common). By the time the Soviet metros got out to other Moscow areas, and other Soviet cities, they became plainer, and then quite utilitarian.

I find this rather dubious... initial deep level stations of Moscow Metro were indeed very similar to Underground ones (two platforms with connecting passages), but it was very quickly realized that such design will lead to severe overcrowding and all the newer constructions added the nearly full length central circulation area between the platforms (with existing stations rebuilt to a new standard).

So while Metro is indeed influenced by LUL, I always though that Gants Hill was an evidence of (limited) reverse influence.

Then again I might be brainwashed by Russian propaganda

Apologies. I just re-read the book about Central Line and indeed I was wrong (the wording there was a bit vague though - that's my excuse).

I agree about Richmond and about Morden. I've not been to Upminster's windmill so no comment on that. However it wasn't Richmond and Wimbledon I was getting confused but Wimbledon and Putney - which is is on the Wimbledon branch, but not the end of it.

High Barnet. Some of the finest customers get on there ;D
Depends - Epping is nice, and is a bit of a seperate town (which it shares with High Barnet) which I don't think the Richmonds et al have.

High Barnet still has a lot of the original Great Northern buildings and so forth.

You could do Mill Hill East and go over the Dollis Brook viaduct - the highest point above ground of the underground...

I haven't been for a trundle for a while myself. I might have a stab at the Eastern end of the District

[sing]Oh, I went to Putney station, to see the engines shunt...[/sing]

Damn you AI!

How about Aldgate, Bank, Edgware Road or Waterloo? And depending on the definition of "end of the line", every bay should be counted too if you mean a physical end, right?

I have done all the end of line stations at least once (I think it's only Heathrow T5, Watford, Watford Junction, Crystal Palace and Woolwich Arsenal that I've not made at least two visits to). The areas around the final stations are very, very different - Richmond and Epping, I think are the nicest while Morden and New Cross probably attracted me the least.

Seen it once - once only - at around 1:15AM when for some reason I was required to take the final SB of the night from Tooting Broadway to meet up with a staff taxi at Morden.

I'd always been led to believe Watford was quite a lively place throbbing with activity.
Neither a drinker nor a sportsman so West Ruislip sounds dull. The only sport I watch is Venus and/or Serena at Wimbledon (on TV)

A couple of my friends know Morden very well [One has lived there for years] and they dont sing its praises! Apparently 20 years+ ago, it was quite nice, but not anymore.

Agree, High Barnet is quite nice, handy for me as it isnt far from my place. Edgware....apart from the Broadwalk shopping centre and the proposed extension to Bushey it doesnt hold much appeal IMHO. Edgware, relatively speaking seems to be one of Barnet's crime hotspots. When there is a murder or a stabbing, its usually in Edgware. Diverging slightly, I recommend a trip on the 251 bus [Edgware-Arnos Grove] which goes through very leafy Totteridge, very pleasant ride.

Cockfosters....there seems to be nothing there the few times I have been to it, 384 bus connects to High Barnet. Passes through New Barnet, where the 84 starts and goes all the way up to St Albans.

Richmond is very nice, riverside pubs, as well as the high street etc.

West Ruislip....is anything there? Only time I use it is to walk to Ickenham.

Harrow Weald, dont know it very well, but have went there to retrace the branch to Stanmore.

Let us not get TOO strict with the end of the line, on the Barnet branch, alight at West Finchley or Woodside Park, beautiful 1930s surburban streets, Country parks etc, well worth a visit.

I mean the Met line station, sorry I've read that it was meant to be in the town centre, but there was a row with the council at the time of building!