Meldreth railway station

Railway station in Cambridgeshire, England

52°05′27″N 0°00′32″E / 52.0907°N 0.0089°E / 52.0907; 0.0089Grid referenceTL377455Managed byGreat NorthernPlatforms2Other informationStation codeMELClassificationDfT category EHistoryOpened1 August 1851Passengers2018/19Decrease 0.295 million2019/20Increase 0.306 million2020/21Decrease 82,0162021/22Increase 0.181 million2022/23Increase 0.217 million
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Meldreth railway station serves the villages of Meldreth and Melbourn in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 47 miles 75 chains (47.94 miles, 77.15 km) from London King's Cross on the Cambridge Line.[1]

Services

All services at Meldreth are operated by Great Northern using Class 387 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Cambridge and London King's Cross. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.[2]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Royston
Great Northern
Cambridge Line
Shepreth

History

On 1 August 2001 local celebrations marked the 150th anniversary of the station's opening in 1851, during the so-called Victorian Railway Mania.

References

  1. ^ Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 24C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
  2. ^ Table 25 National Rail timetable, June 2024
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