Melton Mowbray railway station

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Services

A CrossCountry Class 170 operating to Birmingham Melton Mowbray - CrossCountry 170101 Birmingham service.JPG
A CrossCountry Class 170 operating to Birmingham

Melton Mowbray has an hourly service off-peak in each direction operated by CrossCountry. Westbound trains run to Birmingham New Street via Leicester, whilst eastbound trains run to Stansted Airport via Cambridge. Additional trains run at peak times, with some terminating at Cambridge. [14]

Although the next station westbound is Syston, there are no direct services between the two. [14]

Despite managing the station, East Midlands Railway (EMR) only operates limited services to the station: a single daily return service to London St Pancras via Corby commenced on 27 April 2009. [15] It is notable as the first regular passenger service to cross the historic Welland Viaduct on the Oakham to Kettering line since 1966. The company introduced a further return service from Derby via East Midlands Parkway (for East Midlands Airport) from May 2010. Further services are being considered. [16] There are two daily services to and from London, one calling at Oakham, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, Bedford, and Luton, and the other at Oakham, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, Bedford, Luton and Luton Airport Parkway. [17]

A handful of local services operate at either end of the day, mainly for train-crew route-knowledge retention purposes. A morning service runs from Nottingham to Norwich and an evening service from Spalding to Nottingham via Peterborough.

Melton Mowbray
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General information
Location Melton Mowbray, Borough of Melton
England
Grid reference SK752187
Managed by East Midlands Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeMMO
Classification DfT category E
History
Original company Midland Counties Railway
Pre-grouping Midland Railway
Post-grouping London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 September 1846 (1846-09-01)First station opened as Melton
1 May 1848Station resited
1 November 1876Renamed Melton Mowbray
1923Renamed Melton Mowbray South
25 September 1950Renamed Melton Mowbray Midland
by 13 September 1957Renamed Melton Mowbray Town
14 June 1965Renamed Melton Mowbray
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 0.277 million
Preceding station  National Rail logo.svg National Rail  Following station
CrossCountry
East Midlands Railway
Nottingham – Norwich (via Loughborough)
Limited Service
Terminus East Midlands Railway
Limited Service

Former services

According to the Official Handbook of Stations the following classes of traffic were being handled at this station in 1956: G, P, F, L, H, C and there was a 7-ton crane. [18]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Asfordby   Midland Railway
Leicester London Road to Peterborough		  Saxby
Grimston   Midland Railway
Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway		  Saxby

Part of the former Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway is now used as the Old Dalby Test Track. This leaves the Leicester line a short distance to the west of Melton Mowbray station and runs towards Nottingham via Old Dalby, continuing as far as the Nottinghamshire village of Edwalton.

References

  1. ↑ "Syston and Peterborough Line" . Nottinghamshire Guardian. England. 4 September 1846. Retrieved 7 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Syston and Peterborough Railway". The Leicestershire Historian. 1–2 (8): 2. 1967. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Terrible Snowstorm and wreck of the Melton Mowbray Railway Station" . Grantham Journal. England. 15 April 1876. Retrieved 7 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Network Rail CP4 Delivery Plan 2009 Enhancements programme: statement of scope, outputs and milestones" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  5. ↑ "National Rail Awards Winners 2014". Archived from the original on 1 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Melton Mowbray" . Stamford Mercury. England. 28 June 1850. Retrieved 7 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Melton Mowbray" . Loughborough Monitor. England. 31 July 1862. Retrieved 7 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Melton Mowbray" . Stamford Mercury. England. 31 January 1873. Retrieved 7 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Melton". Midland Railway Operating Traffic and Coaching Departments: 879. 1871–1879. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  10. ↑ "Presentation to Mr Thomas Bedington" . Grantham Journal. England. 12 December 1908. Retrieved 7 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Midland Railway Appointments" . Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal. England. 9 August 1913. Retrieved 7 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "Presentation to Councillor Sparling at Melton Mowbray" . Grantham Journal. England. 6 July 1929. Retrieved 7 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ "Retiring Stationmaster Dead" . Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail. England. 5 January 1940. Retrieved 7 February 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. 1 2 Table 47 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  15. ↑ "Passengers from Melton Mowbray set to benefit from direct link to London". eastmidlandstrains.co.uk. 7 April 2009.
  16. ↑ "Rail service could run north of town". Northants Evening Telegraph. 21 February 2008. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  17. ↑ Table 53 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  18. ↑ Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission, 1956

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