Meldreth  | |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
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 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 | ){kind=logo} National Rail | Following station | ||
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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.
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