Ashwell & Morden | |||||
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General information | |||||
Location | Odsey, South Cambridgeshire England | ||||
Coordinates | 52°01′52″N 0°06′36″W / 52.031°N 0.110°W / 52.031; -0.110 | ||||
Grid reference | TL298386 | ||||
Managed by | Great Northern | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | AWM | ||||
Classification | DfT categoryE | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Royston and Hitchin Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
21 October 1850 (1850-10-21) | Opened as Ashwell | ||||
1 April 1920 | Renamed Ashwell & Morden | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.156 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.159 million | ||||
2020/21 | 34,748 | ||||
2021/22 | 0.104 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.141 million | ||||
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Ashwell & Morden railway station is a wayside railway stationinCambridgeshire, England. Close to the border with the county of Hertfordshire, it is in the hamletofOdsey, slightly north of the Icknield Way, a Roman Road that is now the A505. It is 41 miles (65.98 km) down the line from London King's Cross. Train services are currently operated by Thameslink.[1]
The villages it serves, as well as Odsey, are Ashwell, Guilden Morden and Steeple Morden, although it is located a couple of miles from each of them and linked to them only by minor roads.
Opened as Ashwell station by the Royston and Hitchin Railway (R&HR) on 21 October 1850,[2] the R&HR was later absorbed by the Great Northern Railway (GNR). The name was changed to Ashwell and Morden on 1 April 1920[2] three years before the GNR amalgamated with several other railways to form the London and North Eastern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Eastern Region of British Railwaysonnationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.
Off-peak, all services at Ashwell & Morden are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
During the peak hours, the station is served by a number of additional stopping services between Cambridge and London King's Cross, operated by Great Northern.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.
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East Coast Main Line (main route) |
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Northern City Line |
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Hertford loop line |
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Peterborough Line |
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Cambridge line |
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Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only. | |||||
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