Melton Mowbray railway station
Melton Mowbray  | |
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Central Trains 170511 at Melton Mowbray with a Stansted Airport service. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Melton Mowbray |
| Local authority | Borough of Melton |
| Grid reference | SK752187 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MMO |
| Managed by | East Midlands Trains |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2007/08 |
 0.235 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.244 million |
| 2009/10 |
 0.238 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.239 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.234 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.233 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.241 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.253 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Midland Counties Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Midland Railway |
| Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 1 September 1846 | First station opened as Melton |
| 1 May 1848 | Station resited |
| 1 November 1876 | Renamed Melton Mowbray |
| 1923 | Renamed Melton Mowbray South |
| 25 September 1950 | Renamed Melton Mowbray Midland |
| by 13 September 1957 | Renamed Melton Mowbray Town |
| 14 June 1965 | Renamed Melton Mowbray |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Melton Mowbray from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Melton Mowbray railway station serves the town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and operated by East Midlands Trains (EMT) train operating company (TOC).
The station is on the (as built) Syston and Peterborough Railway, the line is now part of the much bigger Birmingham to Peterborough Line. CrossCountry operate the majority of services as part of their Birmingham to Stansted Airport route. The station lies between Leicester and Peterborough stations.
The station was formerly known as Melton Mowbray Town to distinguish it from the now closed Melton Mowbray North on the Great Northern and London and North Western Joint Railway, which closed to regular traffic in 1953.
The station has a ticket office which is staffed part-time, a car park and help points for times where there are no staff present. It was refurbished in 2011 with new glass in the platform canopies, resurfaced platforms, passenger information screens, improved disabled access to the 'barrow crossing', a full repaint and a new footbridge to replace the original which was life-expired. The refurbishment of the platforms retained their original size and means that previous plans to extend these by up to 14 yards (13 m) by no later than 2012[1] will not go ahead in the original timescale.
Services
From Melton Mowbray there is an hourly service off-peak in both directions operated by CrossCountry. Westbound, trains run to Birmingham via Leicester, Nuneaton and Coleshill. Eastbound, trains run to Stansted Airport via Peterborough, Ely and Cambridge. Additional trains run at peak times, with some terminating at Cambridge.[2]
Although the next station westbound is Syston, there are no direct services between the two stations.[2]
Despite managing the station, East Midlands Trains (EMT) only operates a limited number of services to the station. A single daily return service to London St Pancras commenced on 27 April 2009 running via Corby[3] and is notable for being the first regular passenger service to cross the spectacular and 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 may be introduced in the future.[4] There are two daily services to/from London with one calling at Oakham, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, Bedford, and Luton. Whilst the other train calls at Oakham, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, Bedford, Luton and Luton Airport Parkway.[5]
In addition, a handful of local services operate at either end of the day (mainly for train crew route knowledge retention purposes). An A.M. service runs from Nottingham to Norwich and an evening service operates from Spalding to Nottingham via Peterborough.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| CrossCountry | ||||
| East Midlands Trains Nottingham - Norwich (via Loughborough) Limited Service | ||||
| East Midlands Trains Limited Service | ||||
| Terminus |
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. [6]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Asfordby | Midland Railway Leicester London Road to Peterborough |
Saxby | ||
| Grimston | Midland Railway Nottingham Midland to Kettering |
Saxby | ||
| Terminus | Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway To Spalding, Kings Lynn, etc |
Saxby | ||
Just outside Melton Mowbray station the main line is joined by the Old Dalby Test Track. This runs towards Nottingham via Old Dalby, but stops short of Nottingham railway station at the edge of the suburb of West Bridgford. This is electrified with overheads, has its own control centre and dates from when the British Rail Research Division developed it as a test track for the Advanced Passenger Train, having been taken out of use some years before. It has, more recently, been used for testing Virgin Trains' Pendolino units and is currently being used for the testing of new stock for London underground built by Bombardier in Derby.
Trivia
Railway station lavatories have never been noted for the luxury of their appointments, but the toilet of the former first class waiting room had a hot-water pipe coursing through the seat.[7]
Awards
Melton Mowbray station won "highly commended" award at the National Rail Awards 2014 for Small station of the year.[8]
References
- ↑ "Network Rail CP4 Delivery Plan 2009 Enhancements programme: statement of scope, outputs and milestones" (PDF). Network Rail. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- 1 2 Table 47 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ "Passengers from Melton Mowbray set to benefit from direct link to London". www.eastmidlandstrains.co.uk. 7 April 2009.
- ↑ "Rail service could run north of town". Northants Evening Telegraph. 21 February 2008.
- ↑ Table 53 National Rail timetable, May 2016
- ↑ Official Handbook of Stations, British Transport Commission, 1956
- ↑ Lambert, A, (2010) Lambert's Railway Miscellany Ebury Publishing.
- ↑ "National Rail Awards Winners 2014".
External links
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- Train times and station information for Melton Mowbray railway station from National Rail
Coordinates: 52°45′40″N 0°53′10″W / 52.761°N 0.886°W