page_title: Melton Mowbray railway station
section_title: Services
hierarchical_section_title: Melton Mowbray railway station / Services
caption_attribution_description: English: CrossCountry 'Turbostar' 170191 at Melton Mowbray with a Stansted Airport to Birmingham New Street service.
context_page_description: Melton Mowbray railway station serves the market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and operated by East Midlands Railway even though CrossCountry provide most of the services at the station.
  The railway station is on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, although the line is now part of the considerably longer 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 former 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 superannuated.
context_section_description: 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.
  Although the next station westbound is Syston, there are no direct services between the two stations.
  Despite managing the station, East Midlands Railway (EMR) 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 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. 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.
  In addition, 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 operates from Spalding to Nottingham via Peterborough.
caption: A CrossCountry Class 170 operating to Birmingham
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