Meldreth railway station

Meldreth National Rail
Location
Place Meldreth
Local authority South Cambridgeshire
Coordinates 52°05′27″N 0°00′32″E / 52.0907°N 0.0089°E / 52.0907; 0.0089Coordinates: 52°05′27″N 0°00′32″E / 52.0907°N 0.0089°E / 52.0907; 0.0089
Grid reference TL377455
Operations
Station code MEL
Managed by Great Northern
Number of platforms 2
DfT category E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 0.222 million
2013/14 Increase 0.244 million
2014/15 Increase 0.267 million
2015/16 Increase 0.278 million
2016/17 Decrease 0.270 million
History
Key dates Opened 1 August 1851 (1 August 1851)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Meldreth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Meldreth railway station serves the villages of Meldreth and Melbourn in Cambridgeshire, England. It is 47 miles 75 chains (77.15 km) from London King's Cross on the Cambridge Line.[1]

Services

Meldreth station receives Great Northern stopping services. Trains on this route operate between London King's Cross and Cambridge. Trains stop at Meldreth about every half-hour during peak hours and on the hour during off-peak times.[2][2]

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Great Northern
Great Northern stopping

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. 1 2 London to Stevenage, Cambridge and Peterborough - Mondays to Fridays Archived 20 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine. First Capital Connect Retrieved 2008-05-13
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