HC Deb 29 May 1957 vol 571 c403
28. Mr. E. Fletcher

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will now state when the proposed electrification of the line through Finsbury Park to Alexandra Palace will be completed.

Mr. Nugent

This line has been closed to passenger traffic since 1954, and there is no proposal for electrifying it.

Mr. Fletcher

is the Minister aware that some scheme is urgently necessary to deal with the increasing traffic congestion in North London?

Mr. Nugent

That is a little wide of this point. The answer to the hon. Gentleman's Question is that the line has been closed for some time and that there is no such proposal. There is a proposal to electrify the main line up to Alexandra Park, not Alexandra Palace, and that is in the Commission's programme for 1962.

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