Meldreth railway station
Meldreth | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | South Cambridgeshire |
| Coordinates | 52°05′27″N 0°00′32″E / 52.0907°N 0.0089°E |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | MEL |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 August 1851 |
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
Meldreth station is served by trains operated by Thameslink. The typical weekday off-peak service in trains per hour is: [2]
- 2 tph to London King's Cross
- 2 tph to Cambridge
Additional services run during the Monday-Friday peak hours.
On weekends, the service reduces to hourly in each direction.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thameslink | ||||
Note that Meldreth's platforms are short, so those seeking to get off the train there should travel in one of the front 4 carriages.
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
- ^ 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.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "Timetable 13: Cambridge, Royston and Letchworth to London" (PDF). Govia Thameslink Railway, December 2019.
External links
- Train times and station information for Meldreth railway station from National Rail
- Meldreth Railway Station at Meldreth Local History Group