Meldreth railway station
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]
Meldreth  | |
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| Location | Meldreth, South Cambridgeshire England |
| Coordinates | 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 | |
| 2015/16 |  0.278 million |
| 2016/17 |  0.270 million |
| 2017/18 | 0.308 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.295 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.306 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Services
Meldreth station is served by trains operated by Thameslink. The typical weekday off-peak service in trains per hour is: [2]
- 2 tph to London King's Cross
- 2 tph to Cambridge
Additional services run during the Monday-Friday peak hours.
On weekends, the service reduces to hourly in each direction.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Thameslink | ||||
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
- 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.
- "Timetable 13: Cambridge, Royston and Letchworth to London" (PDF). Govia Thameslink Railway, December 2019.
External links
- Train times and station information for Meldreth railway station from National Rail
- Meldreth Railway Station at Meldreth Local History Group
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