North End tube station
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| Location | North End |
| Owner | Never opened |
| Number of platforms | 2 (unfinished) |
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| Original company | Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway |
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North End (commonly referred to as Bull and Bush) is a never-completed underground station, on the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway (CCE&HR, now part of the London Underground's Northern line). The station was to have been built at North End on the boundaries of Hampstead Heath and Golders Hill Park and is located between Hampstead and Golders Green.
The original Royal Assent for the construction of the CCE&HR had been granted under the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Act, 1893 but gave permission for a railway only as far north as Hampstead. Financing difficulties meant that no work had been begun by the beginning of the 20th century and the company was bought out by a syndicate led by American financier Charles Yerkes in 1900. Following the purchase, plans were revised to continue the route under the Heath to Golders Green where a depot could be constructed and where open farmland offered opportunities for property development.
The new proposals met with strong opposition from residents of Hampstead and users of the Heath who feared that the construction of tunnels would detrimentally affect the Heath's ecology. The Metropolitan Borough of Hampstead also initially objected but relented and parliamentary approval was granted for the extended route in the Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway Act, 1903.
One of the conditions for construction of the extended route was the provision of an intermediate station at North End, which would have been located on Hampstead Way. The station would have served a new residential development being planned to the north of the heath but Henrietta Barnett instigated the purchase of the land in 1904 to form the Hampstead Heath Extension instead. Tunnelling for the CCE&HR had begun in 1903 and initially plans for the construction of the station continued to the extent that the larger diameter station tunnels and low level passageways were excavated; however, it became apparent that the removal of the proposed residential development would significantly reduce the number of passengers using the station.
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