:Mildmay line

The Mildmay line is the service operated by London Overground on the North London and West London railway lines. It passes through the inner suburbs of London, between Richmond and Clapham Junction in the south-west and Stratford in the east, avoiding central London. Prior to the name being adopted in November 2024,{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/london-overground-new-line-names-colours-stations-tfl-b1194893.html|title=London Overground: New names and colours to be revealed at stations today after £6.3million rebrand

|first=Ross|last=Lydall|website=London Standard|date=20 November 2024|accessdate=20 November 2024}} the service was labelled in Transport for London timetables as the Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford route.

The name was chosen to honour the Mildmay Mission Hospital, which treated victims of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s, and the line is blue on the Tube map.

History

= Renaming =

The name proposed for this service in 2015 was the 'North London line'.{{Cite web |last=Davies |first=Rachael |date=2024-02-15 |title=These are what the Overground lines were nearly named in 2015: what do you think? |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/overground-lines-names-2015-changes-east-london-lea-valley-line-b1139344.html |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=The Standard |language=en}} In 2021, Sadiq Khan announced that if re-elected as Mayor of London, he would give the six services operated by London Overground unique names that would reflect London's diversity, working with his Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm.{{Cite web |last=Dispatch |first=Enfield |date=2023-08-24 |title=London Overground passengers invited to help give each line a unique name |url=https://enfielddispatch.co.uk/london-overground-passengers-invited-to-help-give-each-line-a-unique-name/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Enfield Dispatch |language=en-GB}} In July 2023, TfL announced that it would be giving each of the six London Overground services unique names by the end of 2024.{{Cite web |title=Naming London Overground lines |url=https://www.tfl.gov.uk/travel-information/improvements-and-projects/naming-overground |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=Transport for London }}{{Cite news |date=2023-08-25 |title=London Overground lines to be given unique names |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66609039 |access-date=2024-02-11 |publisher=BBC News }} In February 2024, it was confirmed that the service from Stratford on the North London and West London railway lines would be named the Mildmay line and would be coloured sky blue on the updated network map.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68296483 London Overground: New names for its six lines revealed], BBC News, 15 February 2024

Services

{{As of|2024|11}}, the typical off-peak service pattern is:{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/london-overground/london-overground-timetables|title=London Overground timetables|publisher=Transport for London|location=London|access-date=20 November 2024}}

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Route	Trains per hour	Calling at
{{station\|Richmond	London}} to {{station\|Stratford}}	4	{{cslist\|{{station\|Kew Gardens	London}}\|{{station\|Gunnersbury}}, {{stnlnk\|South Acton\|England}}\|{{stnlnk\|Acton Central}}\|{{station\|Willesden Junction}}\|{{stnlnk\|Kensal Rise}}\|{{stnlnk\|Brondesbury Park}}\|{{stnlnk\|Brondesbury}}\|{{stnlnk\|West Hampstead}}\|{{stnlnk\|Finchley Road & Frognal}}\|{{stnlnk\|Hampstead Heath}}\|{{stnlnk\|Gospel Oak}}\|{{stnlnk\|Kentish Town West}}\|{{stnlnk\|Camden Road}}\|{{stnlnk\|Caledonian Road & Barnsbury}}\|{{station\|Highbury & Islington}}\|{{stnlnk\|Canonbury}}\|{{stnlnk\|Dalston Kingsland}}\|{{stnlnk\|Hackney Central}}\|{{stnlnk\|Homerton}}\|{{stnlnk\|Hackney Wick}}}}
{{stnlnk\|Clapham Junction}} to Stratford	4	{{cslist\|{{stnlnk\|Imperial Wharf}}\|{{station\|West Brompton}}\|{{station\|Kensington (Olympia)}}\|{{stnlnk\|Shepherd's Bush}}\|Willesden Junction\|Kensal Rise\|Brondesbury Park\|Brondesbury\|West Hampstead\|Finchley Road & Frognal\|Hampstead Heath\|Gospel Oak\|Kentish Town West\|Camden Road\|Caledonian Road & Barnsbury\|Highbury & Islington\|Canonbury\|Dalston Kingsland\|Hackney Central\|Homerton\|Hackney Wick}}

In the official Mildmay line timetable, the passenger train service run by Southern between {{stn|East Croydon}} and {{stn|Watford Junction}} is indicated. This service shares infrastructure with Mildmay line trains between Clapham Junction and Shepherd's Bush stations, after which they join the West Coast Main Line en route to Watford Junction. This service operates at a frequency of one train per hour.

Route map

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References

Category:London Overground

Category:Railway lines in London

Category:Standard gauge railways in London

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Route	Trains per hour	Calling at
{{station\|Richmond	London}} to {{station\|Stratford}}	4	{{cslist\|{{station\|Kew Gardens	London}}\|{{station\|Gunnersbury}}, {{stnlnk\|South Acton\|England}}\|{{stnlnk\|Acton Central}}\|{{station\|Willesden Junction}}\|{{stnlnk\|Kensal Rise}}\|{{stnlnk\|Brondesbury Park}}\|{{stnlnk\|Brondesbury}}\|{{stnlnk\|West Hampstead}}\|{{stnlnk\|Finchley Road & Frognal}}\|{{stnlnk\|Hampstead Heath}}\|{{stnlnk\|Gospel Oak}}\|{{stnlnk\|Kentish Town West}}\|{{stnlnk\|Camden Road}}\|{{stnlnk\|Caledonian Road & Barnsbury}}\|{{station\|Highbury & Islington}}\|{{stnlnk\|Canonbury}}\|{{stnlnk\|Dalston Kingsland}}\|{{stnlnk\|Hackney Central}}\|{{stnlnk\|Homerton}}\|{{stnlnk\|Hackney Wick}}}}
{{stnlnk\|Clapham Junction}} to Stratford	4	{{cslist\|{{stnlnk\|Imperial Wharf}}\|{{station\|West Brompton}}\|{{station\|Kensington (Olympia)}}\|{{stnlnk\|Shepherd's Bush}}\|Willesden Junction\|Kensal Rise\|Brondesbury Park\|Brondesbury\|West Hampstead\|Finchley Road & Frognal\|Hampstead Heath\|Gospel Oak\|Kentish Town West\|Camden Road\|Caledonian Road & Barnsbury\|Highbury & Islington\|Canonbury\|Dalston Kingsland\|Hackney Central\|Homerton\|Hackney Wick}}