Trains stopping @ Willesden Green

I think Colin D is recalling a longer term memory when the layout was some what different and there was no northbound Bakerloo to Metropoltan crossover at Neasden. The only corssovers in this direction were at the north end of West Hampstead and just south of Dollis Hill, the later being part of the connections from Willesden Green Yard for northbound departures.

Metropolitan trains calling at Bakerloo stations during the early morning and late evening were either crossed at the later crossover depending on whether they proceeded beyond Wembley Park or not. Therefore Dollis Hill would only be served by a Metropolitan train terminating at Wembley Park or Neasden, and Neasden would be either northbound platform as a result.

There was also a long standing practice to route Metropolitan empties from Finchley Road via the Bakerloo road to Neasden Depot though routing could be varied depending on service running. This was not as bad as it sounds today, the Bakerloo service was considerably thinner than todays Jubillee service and it usually worked like clockwork.

Now for another long term memory:

C stock to Wembley Park and all stations from Finchley Road, now there is a thought!