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

This station is located at .

History

The station was built by the Midland Railway
Midland Railway
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 as simply "Mill Hill" in 1868 on its extension to St. Pancras
St Pancras railway station
St Pancras railway station, also known as London St Pancras and since 2007 as St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus celebrated for its Victorian architecture. The Grade I listed building stands on Euston Road in St Pancras, London Borough of Camden, between the...

, being renamed in 1950.

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

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
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 and First Capital Connect began running some peak hour trains from Sevenoaks to Luton, 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
London
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, Wimbledon
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 and Sutton
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; and four trains per hour northbound, of which two terminate at St Albans and two at Luton
Luton railway station
Luton railway station is located in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The station is near to the town centre, about three minutes' walk from the Arndale Shopping Centre. It is situated on the Midland Main Line and is operated by First Capital Connect.-History:...

; 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
London
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 until 22:30, when the service becomes two trains per hour.

East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Trains
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 InterCity services from Leeds
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, Sheffield
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 and Leicester
Leicester
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 run through at high speed and do not stop. Interchange with InterCity services can be made at Luton
Luton railway station
Luton railway station is located in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The station is near to the town centre, about three minutes' walk from the Arndale Shopping Centre. It is situated on the Midland Main Line and is operated by First Capital Connect.-History:...

 and St Pancras International
St Pancras railway station
St Pancras railway station, also known as London St Pancras and since 2007 as St Pancras International, is a central London railway terminus celebrated for its Victorian architecture. The Grade I listed building stands on Euston Road in St Pancras, London Borough of Camden, between the...

.

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.

Thameslink platform extension

As of February 2009, platform extension and station improvement work was well under way as part of the Thameslink Programme
Thameslink Programme
The Thameslink Programme, originally Thameslink 2000, is a £6 billion project in south-east England to upgrade and expand the Thameslink rail network to provide new and longer trains between a wider range of stations to the north and to the south of London without requiring passengers to change...

.

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.

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