Ashwell and Morden railway station

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Ashwell and Morden

Location

Place

Odsey

Local authority

South Cambridgeshire

Operations

Station code

AWM

Managed by

First Capital Connect

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

98,481

2005/06 *

96,452

History

Key dates

Opened 6 February 1977

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ashwell and Morden from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Ashwell and Morden railway station is a wayside railway station in Cambridgeshire, England.

It is close to the border with Hertfordshire. It is located in the hamlet of Odsey, slightly north of the Icknield Way, a Roman Road that is now the A505. The station is served by trains between Cambridge and London King's Cross.

It should also be noted that the station has very little physical connection, besides the name, to the places that it is named after and serves.

[edit] Services

Preceding station		First Capital Connect		Following station
Baldock towards London King's Cross		Great Northern stopping		Royston towards Cambridge

[edit] Villages of the name

The station serves the village of Ashwell to the North-West. The Morden part of the name is derived from the endings of two villages to the North of the station - Guilden Morden and Steeple Morden.