Mill Hill Broadway railway station is on the

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in England, serving the suburb of

Mill Hill Mill Hill is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is situated around northwest of Charing Cross. Mill Hill was in the historic county of Middlesex until 1965, when it became part of Greater London. Its population counted 18,45 ...

in the

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, north London. It is down the line from and is situated between to the south and to the north. Its three-letter station code is MIL. The station is served by

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-operated trains on the Thameslink route. It is in Transport for London's

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History

The station was built by the

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as simply "Mill Hill" in 1868 on its extension to St. Pancras, being renamed in 1950. The station was rebuilt in the 1960s in connection with the construction of the M1 motorway. Since 14 September 2014 train services have been operated by

. 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,

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and Thameslink began running some peak hour trains from Sevenoaks to Luton, though in the off-peak these services turn back at Kentish Town.

Services

All services at Mill Hill Broadway are operated by

using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 6 tph to of which 2 continue to * 2 tph to via * 4 tph to (2 of these run via and 2 run via ) During the peak hours, the station is served by additional services to and from and , as well as some late evening services to and from . The station is also served by an hourly night service between Bedford and on Sunday to Friday nights.

Connections

London Buses routes 114, 186,

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, 240,

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, 302,

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, 605, 628 and

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serve the station.

Current developments

Thameslink platform extension

In 2010, platform extension (to accommodate 12-car trains) and minor station improvement work completed under way as part of the

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Proposed developments

Service changes in 2015

Additional trains from destinations across the larger Thameslink network may call at the station from 2015, however the existing Sutton Loop trains will still continue.

References

Gallery

Image:Mill Hill Broadway (MML).jpg, Southbound view from Platform 1, with

Midland Mainline Midland Mainline was a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by National Express that operated the Midland Main Line franchise from April 1996 until November 2007. Midland Mainline ran fast and semi-fast passenger services from ...

Class 222 ''Meridian'' unit in the distance. Image:Mill Hill Broadway Northbound.jpg, Northbound view from Platform 1. Image:Mill Hill Broadway Ticket Office.jpg, Ticket office at Mill Hill Broadway station. Image:Mill Hill Broadway sign.JPG, Sign on the A5100 Mill Hill Broadway, as it passes under the

M1 motorway The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the UK; the first motorway in the country was the Preston By-pass, which ...

Image:Mill Hill Broadway stn signage2.JPG, Signage on platforms (summer 2009)

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mill Hill Broadway Railway Station Railway stations in the London Borough of Barnet DfT Category D stations Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1868 Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway Mill Hill