Mill Hill Broadway railway station

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Mill Hill Broadway

Location

Place

Mill Hill

Local authority

London Borough of Barnet

Operations

Station code

MIL

Managed by

First Capital Connect

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.965 million

2005/06 *

0.973 million

Transport for London

Zone

History

Key dates

Opened 1868

Transport for London
List of London stations: Underground | National Rail

* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mill Hill Broadway from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

UK Railways Portal

Mill Hill Broadway railway station is in the London Borough of Barnet in North London. It was built by the Midland Railway as simply "Mill Hill" in 1868 on its extension to St. Pancras, being renamed in 1950.

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, 221, 240, 251, 302 and 303 (see Transport for London website for details).

This station is located at grid reference TQ213918.

The typical daytime service from the station is four trains per hour southbound to 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 from Bedford to Brighton. After 6pm the southbound service is only 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.

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.

Mill Hill Broadway has a car park managed by the London Borough of Barnet. Cost per day is £3.00 and the maximum duration of parking is 24 hours.

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

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Southbound view from Platform 1, with Midland Mainline Class 222 Meridian unit in the distance.	Northbound view from Platform 1.	Ticket office at Mill Hill Broadway station.	Sign on the A5100 Mill Hill Broadway, as it passes under the M1 motorway
Signage on southbound slow platform 1