Meldreth railway station
Encyclopedia
Meldreth railway station serves the villages of Meldreth
and Melbourn
in Cambridgeshire
, England
on the Hitchin-Cambridge Line.
'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. The first outbound train to Cambridge departs at 6.32am on weekdays and the last departs at 1.17am.
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Meldreth
Meldreth is a village in South Cambridgeshire with about 1,600 inhabitants lying around 10 miles south-west of Cambridge.-History:The village of Meldreth grew in Saxon times, and the parish is home to Mettle Hill that was probably the original meeting place of Armingford Hundred...
and Melbourn
Melbourn
Melbourn is a large village in the far south west of Cambridgeshire, England. It is located next to the A10 just north of Royston. Melbourn has over 4,400 inhabitants...
in Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on the Hitchin-Cambridge Line.
Services
Meldreth station receives stopping services on First Capital ConnectFirst Capital Connect
First Capital Connect is a passenger train operating company in England that began operations on the National Rail network on 1 April 2006...
's Great Northern line. Trains on this route operate between London King's Cross and Cambridge
Cambridge railway station
Cambridge railway station is a railway station serving the city of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located at the end of Station Road, off Hills Road, 1 mile south-east of the city centre...
. Trains stop at Meldreth about every half-hour during peak hours and on the hour during off-peak times. The first outbound train to Cambridge departs at 6.32am on weekdays and the last departs at 1.17am.
History
On 1 August 2001 local celebrations marked the 150th anniversary of the station's opening in 1851, during the so-called Victorian railway maniaRailway Mania
The Railway Mania was an instance of speculative frenzy in Britain in the 1840s. It followed a common pattern: as the price of railway shares increased, more and more money was poured in by speculators, until the inevitable collapse...
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External links
- Meldreth Railway Station at Meldreth Local History Group