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Meldreth railway station

Coordinates: 52°05′27″N 0°00′32″E / 52.0907°N 0.0089°E / 52.0907; 0.0089
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Meldreth
National Rail
General information
LocationMeldreth, South Cambridgeshire
England
Coordinates52°05′27″N 0°00′32″E / 52.0907°N 0.0089°E / 52.0907; 0.0089
Grid referenceTL377455
Managed byGreat Northern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMEL
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened1 August 1851
Passengers
2018/19Decrease 0.295 million
2019/20Increase 0.306 million
2020/21Decrease 82,016
2021/22Increase 0.181 million
2022/23Increase 0.217 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 (47.94 miles, 77.15 km) from London King's Cross on the Cambridge Line.[1]

Services

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All services at Meldreth are operated by Great Northern using Class 387 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Cambridge and London King's Cross. Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.[2]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Great Northern

History

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Table 25 National Rail timetable, June 2024
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