Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

Train Spotters Platform, Finsbury Park 2006

Photo by Fin Fahey, a friend of mine. Back in 2006, the view to the tracks had been allowed to be obscured by the tree. A 1960s school holiday haunt for most local trainspotters, who with spotters books, duffel bags full with sandwiches, sweets and a soft drink, would spend all day here, watching the the to-ing and fro-ing into King Cross. The arrival & departure timetables for King's Croos were posted here, with a notice 'trains pass this point five minutes after leaving King's Cross'.

When I last looked in 2014, this area was totally overgrown and the platform seemed to have gone.

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Comment by Teresa Wilson on February 5, 2017 at 18:21: Still there!

Comment by Lauren on February 5, 2017 at 20:55: The platform is no longer there.

Comment by Teresa Wilson on February 6, 2017 at 9:16: Shame but I would've been surprised if it was. Brings back memories. Mind you, we could see the trains from our back garden.