Mildmay line

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Clapham Junction Windrush line Battersea Railway Bridge River Thames Imperial Wharf West Brompton Kensington (Olympia) Shepherd's Bush Richmond Kew Gardens Kew Railway Bridge Gunnersbury District line to Edgware Road and Upminster South Acton Acton Central Old Oak Common Lane (proposed) Old Oak Common ( under constr. ) Hythe Road (proposed) West London line North London line Willesden Junction Lioness line Kensal Rise Brondesbury Park Brondesbury West Hampstead Finchley Road & Frognal Hampstead Heath Gospel Oak Suffragette line Kentish Town West Camden Road Caledonian Road & Barnsbury Highbury & Islington Canonbury Windrush line Dalston Kingsland Hackney Downs Weaver line Hackney Central Homerton Hackney Wick Stratford

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, ^[1] the service was labelled in Transport for London timetables as the Richmond and Clapham Junction to Stratford route. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

History

Main articles: North London line and West London line

Renaming

The name proposed for this service in 2015 was the 'North London line'. ^[4] 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. ^[5] In July 2023, TfL announced that it would be giving each of the six London Overground services unique names by the end of 2024. ^{[6] [7]} 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. ^[3]

Services

As of May 2025 ^[update] , the typical off-peak service pattern is: ^[2]

Mildmay line
Route	Trains per hour	Calling at
Richmond to Stratford	4	Kew Gardens Gunnersbury, South Acton Acton Central 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
Clapham Junction to Stratford	4	Imperial Wharf West Brompton Kensington (Olympia) 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 East Croydon and 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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  Schematic map of the London Overground network
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  Geographic map showing London Overground

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Cheshunt Theobalds Grove Enfield Town Turkey Street Romford Bush Hill Park Southbury Emerson Park Upminster Edmonton Green Silver Street Chingford White Hart Lane Highams Park Watford Junction Bruce Grove Wood Street Watford Seven Sisters Walthamstow Central High Street Harringay Blackhorse Road Walthamstow Queen's Road Bushey Green Lanes Carpenders Park Crouch Hill South Tottenham St. James Leyton Midland Road Hatch End Upper ( ) Stamford Hill Street Leytonstone Headstone Lane Holloway Stoke Newington Clapton High Road Harrow & Kentish Town West Rectory Road Wanstead Park ( ) Wealdstone Gospel Oak Camden Road ( ) Hackney Woodgrange Park ( ) Kenton ( ) Caledonian Road Canonbury Downs Barking South Kenton & Barnsbury Barking Riverside ( ) North Highbury & Islington Dalston Kingsland Hackney Central Wembley Hampstead Heath Dalston Wembley Finchley Road & Frognal ( ) Junction London Fields Central West Hampstead ( ) Haggerston Cambridge Homerton Stonebridge Brondesbury Hoxton Heath Hackney Wick Park Brondesbury Park Shoreditch High Street Bethnal Green Stratford Harlesden Kensal Rise Kensal Green Liverpool Whitechapel Willesden Queen's Park Street Shadwell ( ) Junction Kilburn High Road Wapping South Hampstead Rotherhithe Shepherd's Bush ( ) Euston ( ) Canada Water Kensington (Olympia) Surrey Quays West Brompton Battersea Park Imperial Wharf ( ) (limited service) New Cross Clapham Queens Road Peckham New Cross Gate Junction Peckham Rye Brockley Acton Central Wandsworth Road Denmark Hill Honor Oak Park South Acton ( ) Clapham Forest Hill Gunnersbury High Street Sydenham Kew Gardens Richmond Crystal Palace Penge West Anerley Norwood Junction West Croydon ( )
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Station National Rail Liberty line Accessible station Thameslink Lioness line Interchange station Elizabeth line Mildmay line Accessible interchange Docklands Light Railway Suffragette line Internal interchange London Underground Weaver line Out-of-station interchange London Trams Windrush line (   ) Nearby interchange London River Services

External links

Official website

References

1. Lydall, Ross (20 November 2024). "London Overground: New names and colours to be revealed at stations today after £6.3million rebrand". London Standard. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
2. "London Overground timetables". London: Transport for London . Retrieved 17 June 2025.
3. London Overground: New names for its six lines revealed, BBC News, 15 February 2024
4. Davies, Rachael (15 February 2024). "These are what the Overground lines were nearly named in 2015: what do you think?". The Standard. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
5. Dispatch, Enfield (24 August 2023). "London Overground passengers invited to help give each line a unique name". Enfield Dispatch. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
6. "Naming London Overground lines". Transport for London. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
7. "London Overground lines to be given unique names". BBC News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.