- Mill Hill Broadway railway station
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Mill Hill Broadway 
Mill Hill Broadway
Location of Mill Hill Broadway in Greater LondonLocation 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]1868 Opened List of stations Underground · National Rail External links Departures • Layout Facilities • Buses Coordinates: 51°36′47″N 0°14′56″W / 51.6130°N 0.2489°W
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.
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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 RailFollowing station Elstree & Borehamwood First Capital Connect
ThameslinkHendon First Capital Connect Bedford-SevenoaksTransport 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
- ^ a b c d e "Station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. 30 April 2010. http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529. Retrieved 17 January 2011. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^ Radford, B., (1983) Midland Line Memories: a Pictorial History of the Midland Railway Main Line Between London (St Pancras) & Derby London: Bloomsbury Books
- ^ Train Times - Thameslink Route. First Capital Connect. March–May 2009. p. 52. http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/content/doc/timetables/tttl_book_pdf_ontime_final_ver.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
- ^ "Thameslink Programme - FAQ". http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/faqs/faqs_categories/public_index#question_42. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
Gallery
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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
Railway stations in the United Kingdom • Railway station categories A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Categories:- Rail transport stations in London fare zone 4
- Railway stations in Barnet
- Former Midland Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1868
- Railway stations served by First Capital Connect
- DfT Category D stations
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