Mildmay line
The Mildmay line is a London Overground railway line which passes through the inner suburbs of London, England 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] it 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 coloured light blue on the Tube map.[3]
History
[edit]Renaming
[edit]In July 2023, TFL announced that it would be giving each of the six London Overground services unique names by the end of 2024.[4][5] 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]
Services
[edit]As of November 2024[update], the typical off-peak service pattern is:[2]
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Richmond to Stratford | 4 |
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Clapham Junction to Stratford | 4 |
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References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "London Overground timetables". London: Transport for London. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ a b London Overground: New names for its six lines revealed, BBC News, 15 February 2024
- ^ "Naming London Overground lines". Transport for London. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "London Overground lines to be given unique names". BBC News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.