Meldreth railway station
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]
Meldreth  | |
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| General information | |
| 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 | |
| 2017/18 |  0.308 million |
| 2018/19 |  0.295 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.306 million |
| 2020/21 | 82,016 |
| 2021/22 | 0.181 million |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Services
All services at Meldreth are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 1 tph to London King's Cross (stopping)
- 1 tph to Cambridge (stopping)
On weekends, the service is reduced 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.
- Table 25 National Rail timetable, May 2022
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meldreth railway station.
- Train times and station information for Meldreth railway station from National Rail
- Meldreth Railway Station at Meldreth Local History Group
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