Mill Hill Broadway railway station

Mill Hill Broadway

Mill Hill Broadway Location of Mill Hill Broadway in Greater London
Location	Mill Hill
Local authority	London Borough of Barnet
Managed by	First Capital Connect
Station code	MIL
Number of platforms	4
Fare zone	4
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.965 million[1]
2005–06	0.973 million[1]
2006–07	2.174 million[1]
2007–08	2.103 million[1]
2008–09	1.930 million[1]
2009–10	1.720 million[1]
1868	Opened
Lists of stations	DLR · Underground · National Rail · Tramlink
External links	Departures • Layout
	Facilities • Buses
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Coordinates: 51°36′47″N 0°14′56″W / 51.6130°N 0.2489°W / 51.6130; -0.2489

Mill Hill Broadway railway station is in the London Borough of Barnet in North London. The station lies on the Midland Main Line and is served by First Capital Connect trains as part of the Thameslink Line service. It is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is served by bus routes 114, 186, 221, 240, 251, 302 and 303

This station is located at grid reference TQ213918.

History

The station was built by the Midland Railway as simply "Mill Hill" in 1868 on its extension to St. Pancras, being renamed in 1950.^[2]

Since 1 April 2006 train services have been operated by First Capital Connect.

Prior to the major engineering works to create the "Thameslink Box" at St Pancras, Mill Hill Broadway was also served at peak times by Moorgate fast trains. These trains provided a non-stop service to King's Cross Thameslink twice an hour. In 2009, several morning peak southbound fast services (stopping only at West Hampstead) and several evening peak northbound fast services (stopping only at West Hampstead) were reinstated.

From March 2009, Southeastern and First Capital Connect began running some peak hour trains from Sevenoaks to Luton,^[3] though in the off-peak these services turn back at Kentish Town.

Services

The typical daytime service from the station is four trains per hour southbound to central London, Wimbledon and Sutton; and four trains per hour northbound, of which two terminate at St Albans and two at Luton; and several through the night train services between Bedford and Brighton. After 18:00 the southbound service is only two trains per hour, but the station is served by four trains per hour northbound from St.Pancras and central London until 22:30, when the service becomes two trains per hour.

East Midlands Trains InterCity services from Leeds, Sheffield and Leicester run through at high speed and do not stop. Interchange with InterCity services can be made at Luton and St Pancras International.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Elstree & Borehamwood		First Capital Connect Thameslink		Hendon
Elstree & Borehamwood		First Capital Connect Bedford-Sevenoaks		Hendon

Transport links

London bus routes 114, 186, 221, 240, 251, 302, 303 and school routes 605, 628, 688 serve the station. Route 113 is about a 6 minute walk away and school route 642 a 4 minute walk away.

Current developments

Thameslink platform extension

As of February 2009, platform extension and station improvement work was well under way as part of the Thameslink Programme.

Proposed developments

Service changes in 2015

Additional trains from destinations across the larger Thameslink network may call at the station from 2015, when it is likely that the existing Wimbledon trains will be withdrawn.^[4]

References

Gallery

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mill Hill Broadway railway station

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  Southbound view from Platform 1, with Midland Mainline Class 222 Meridian unit in the distance.

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  Northbound view from Platform 1.

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  Ticket office at Mill Hill Broadway station.

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  Sign on the A5100 Mill Hill Broadway, as it passes under the M1 motorway

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  Signage on platforms (summer 2009)

External links

• First Capital Connect
• Train times and station information for Mill Hill Broadway railway station from National Rail