Meldreth railway station

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Meldreth
Location
Place Meldreth
Local authority South Cambridgeshire
Coordinates 52°05′26″N 0°00′33″E / 52.090674, 0.009141Coordinates: 52°05′26″N 0°00′33″E / 52.090674, 0.009141
Operations
Station code MEL
Managed by First Capital Connect
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.157 million
2005/06 * 0.168 million
History
Key dates Opened 1 August 1851
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Meldreth from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Meldreth railway station serves the villages of Meldreth and Melbourn in Cambridgeshire, England on the Hitchin-Cambridge Line.

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[edit] Services

Meldreth station receives stopping services on First Capital Connect's Great Northern line. 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] The first outbound train to Cambridge departs at 6.32am on weekdays and the last departs at 1.17am.[1]

Preceding station   First Capital Connect   Following station
Great Northern stopping
towards Cambridge

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b London to Stevenage, Cambridge and Peterborough - Mondays to Fridays First Capital Connect Retrieved 2008-05-13

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