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]
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General information | |
Location | Meldreth, South Cambridgeshire England |
Coordinates | 52.0907°N 0.0089°E / 52.0907; 0.0089 |
Grid reference | TL377455 |
Managed by | Great Northern |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | MEL |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Opened | 1 August 1851 |
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Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
All services at Meldreth are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
On weekends, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.
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Thameslink Hitchin to Cambridge Line |
On 1 August 2001 local celebrations marked the 150th anniversary of the station's opening in 1851, during the so-called Victorian Railway Mania.
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East Coast Main Line (main route) |
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Northern City Line |
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Hertford Loop Line |
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Peterborough Line | |
Hitchin–Cambridge Line |
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Closed line |
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Closed stations |
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