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Mildmay Line
London Overground
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Clapham Junction
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Imperial Wharf
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West Brompton
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Kensington (Olympia)
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Shepherd's Bush
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Richmond
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Kew Gardens
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Gunnersbury
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South Acton
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Acton Central
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Willesden Junction
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Kensal Rise
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Brondesbury Park
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Brondesbury
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West Hampstead
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Finchley Road & Frognal
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Hampstead Heath
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Gospel Oak
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Kentish Town West
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Camden Road
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Caledonian Road & Barnsbury
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Highbury & Islington
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Canonbury
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Hackney Central
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Homerton
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The Mildmay line is the service operated by London Overground on the North London line and West London line. 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

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 North London / West London section would be named the Mildmay line (to honour the Mildmay Hospital in Bethnal Green, which treated victims of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s) and would be coloured sky blue on the updated network map. [3]

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Map of the London Overground network

Services

As of November 2024, the typical off-peak service pattern is: [2]

Mildmay line
RouteTrains per hourCalling at
Richmond to Stratford 4
Clapham Junction to Stratford4
  • 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, passenger train service provided by Southern between East Croydon and Watford Junction are indicated. These trains share tracks and plaforms 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. On Sundays, the service is shortened to run only between Clapham Junction and Watford Junction.

Route map

London Overground
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The new London Overground line names and colours were introduced across the London rail network in November 2024

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