Meldreth railway station
General information | |||||
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Location | Meldreth, South Cambridgeshire England | ||||
Coordinates | 52°05′27″N 0°00′32″E / 52.0907°N 0.0089°E | ||||
Grid reference | TL377455 | ||||
Managed by | Great Northern | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | MEL | ||||
Classification | DfT category E | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1 August 1851 | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.295 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.306 million | ||||
2020/21 | 82,016 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.181 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.217 million | ||||
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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[edit]
All services at Meldreth are operated by Great Northern using Class 387 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 1 tph to London King's Cross
- 1 tph to Cambridge
Additional services call at the station during the peak hours, increasing the service to 2 tph in each direction.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Great Northern |
History[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Table 25 National Rail timetable, May 2023
External links[edit]
- Train times and station information for Meldreth railway station from National Rail
- Meldreth Railway Station at Meldreth Local History Group