Meldreth railway station

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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	First Capital Connect
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	157,409
2005/06	167,751
2006/07	195,567
2007/08	213,562
2008/09	216,990
2009/10	205,836
2010/11	198,626
2011/12	204,244
History
Opened 1 August 1851 (1 August 1851)
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Meldreth from Office of Rail Regulation 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 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		National Rail		Following station
Royston		First Capital Connect 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

↑ 1.0 1.1 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

v t e FCC 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	First Capital Connect

Previous operator	West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN)

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

First Capital Connect, Southern and Southeastern routes

First Capital Connect routes serving this station

Great Northern
Peterborough & Cambridge

Southern routes serving this station

None

Southeastern routes serving this station

None

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

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