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]
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| Location | |
| Place | Meldreth |
| Local authority | South Cambridgeshire |
| Coordinates | 52.0907°N 0.0089°E |
| 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 from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
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| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 August 1851 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * 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. | |
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.
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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.
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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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "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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