Meldreth railway station

Meldreth

Location
Place	Meldreth
Local authority	South Cambridgeshire
Coordinates	52°05′27″N 0°00′32″E / 52.0907°N 0.0089°E / 52.0907; 0.0089Coordinates: 52°05′27″N 0°00′32″E / 52.0907°N 0.0089°E / 52.0907; 0.0089
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*
2004/05	0.157 million
2005/06	0.168 million
2006/07	0.196 million
2007/08	0.214 million
2008/09	0.217 million
2009/10	0.206 million
2010/11	0.199 million
2011/12	0.204 million
2012/13	0.222 million
2013/14	0.244 million
2014/15	0.267 million
History
Key dates	Opened 1 August 1851 (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.
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Meldreth railway station serves the villages of Meldreth and Melbourn in Cambridgeshire, England on the Cambridge Line.

Services

Meldreth station receives Great Northern stopping services. Trains on this route operate between London King's Cross and Cambridge. Trains stop at Meldreth about every half-hour during peak hours and on the hour during off-peak times.^[1]^[1]

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Royston		Great Northern Great Northern stopping		Shepreth

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

1 2 London to Stevenage, Cambridge and Peterborough - Mondays to Fridays First Capital Connect Retrieved 2008-05-13

External links

Train times and station information for Meldreth railway station from National Rail
Meldreth Railway Station at Meldreth Local History Group

Great Northern Route

GN core route stations	King's Cross Finsbury Park Harringay Hornsey Alexandra Palace New Southgate Oakleigh Park New Barnet Hadley Wood Potters Bar Brookmans Park Welham Green Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Welwyn North Knebworth Stevenage Hitchin

Northern City Line	Moorgate Old Street Essex Road Highbury & Islington Drayton Park

Hertford Loop Line	Bowes Park Palmers Green Winchmore Hill Grange Park Enfield Chase Gordon Hill Crews Hill, Cuffley Bayford Hertford North Watton-at-Stone

Peterborough Line	Arlesey Biggleswade Sandy St Neots Huntingdon Peterborough

Hitchin-Cambridge Line	Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge

Train operating company	Great Northern (part of Govia Thameslink Railway)

Former operators	West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) First Capital Connect

Closed line	Varsity Line

Closed stations	Abbots Ripton Denver Enfield Harston Hilgay Holloway and Caledonian Road Holme (Cambridgeshire) Holme (Norfolk) Maiden Lane Offord and Buckden Ouse Bridge Stapleford Stow Bardolph Tempsford Three Counties Yaxley and Farcet

Future stations and infrastructure	Cambridge Science Park Hitchin flyover

Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Great Northern Peterborough & Cambridge	London King's Cross Finsbury Park Potters Bar Hatfield Welwyn Garden City Welwyn North Knebworth Stevenage Hitchin Arlesey Biggleswade Sandy St. Neots Huntingdon Peterborough Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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