Seen on another site.
Palace Gates Station: "There was not a lateness amounting in the aggregate to two minutes in the trains - 17 Specials that brought the lads from...."
There was a lot of competition between the GER Great Eastern Railway and the GNR Great Northern Railway which both served Alexandra Palace from their Palace Gates and Wood Green stations. " I daresay the Great Northern with their two stations, dealt with twice the number of youthful passengers,"
Palace Gates Station 1950s
Palace Gates 1954 - all the grime and dirt of steam locomotives that is forgotten by today's enthusiasts.
Tags for Forum Posts: 1922, 1954, Great Eastern Railway, Palace Gates Station
The other site mentioned is on Facebook where you can directly access more information, images and anecdotes on the Palace Gates branch line and 'The Jazz' suburban rail service of which it was a part
and more here
Palace Gates to Seven Sisters – The lost railway line of Bounds Gre...
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