Melton Mowbray railway station

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Melton Mowbray railway station serves the market town of Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, England. It is owned by Network Rail and run by East Midlands Railway, though CrossCountry operates most of the trains. The station has two platforms on the Birmingham to Peterborough line, part of the old Syston and Peterborough route.

Facilities include a ticket office that is staffed part-time, a car park, and help points for times when staff aren’t available.

History in brief:
- Opened on 1 September 1846 as Melton, with two sections of the line.
- Renamed Melton Mowbray in 1876, then Melton Mowbray South in 1923, Melton Mowbray Town in 1957, and finally Melton Mowbray in 1965.
- The building was likely designed by William Parsons and Sancton Wood. A snowstorm in 1876 damaged the roof but there were no injuries and the line reopened quickly.
- Refurbished in 2011 with updated canopies, surfaces, screens and access, while keeping the original platform lengths. In 2014 it received a National Rail Awards commendation as Small Station of the Year.

Services:
- Off-peak: hourly westbound to Birmingham New Street via Leicester, and hourly eastbound to Stansted Airport via Cambridge.
- Peak times bring additional trains, with some services terminating at Cambridge.
- East Midlands Railway operates limited services, including a daily return to London St Pancras via Corby (from 2009) and another return to London via Derby and East Midlands Parkway (from 2010).
- There are a couple of daily London services in total, plus some local services at the start and end of the day.

Notes: The station lies on the Birmingham to Peterborough route, and nearby parts of the old Nottingham direct line are now used as the Old Dalby Test Track. Passenger numbers in recent years are around 0.2 million per year.