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	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ashwell & Morden
Ashwell & Morden
General information
Location	Odsey, South Cambridgeshire; England
Coordinates	52°01′52″N 0°06′36″W / 52.031°N 0.110°W
Grid reference	TL298386
Managed by	Great Northern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	AWM
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	Royston and Hitchin Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Northern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
21 October 1850	Opened as Ashwell
1 April 1920	Renamed Ashwell & Morden
Passengers
2015/16	0.144 million
2016/17	0.150 million
2017/18	0.152 million
2018/19	0.156 million
2019/20	0.159 million
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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Ashwell & Morden railway station is a wayside railway station in Cambridgeshire, England. Close to the border with the county of Hertfordshire, it is in the hamlet of Odsey, 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.

History

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 Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

When Sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by Network SouthEast until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Services

All services at Ashwell & Morden are operated by Thameslink. As of December 2019 the current off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is:

2 tph to London Kings Cross (stopping)
1 tph to Brighton (semi-fast)
3 tph to Cambridge

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Baldock		Thameslink London to Cambridge		Royston
Baldock		Thameslink Brighton to Cambridge		Royston

References

^ Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 24C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.
^ ^a ^b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 20. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

External links

Train times and station information for Ashwell & Morden railway station from National Rail

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[1] Padgett, David (October 2016) [1988]. Brailsford, Martyn (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern (4th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. map 24C. ISBN 978-0-9549866-8-1.

[Butt-2] Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 20. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

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-'''Ashwell & Morden railway station''' is a wayside [[railway station]] in [[Cambridgeshire]], England. Close to the border with the county of [[Hertfordshire]], it is in the [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of [[Odsey]], slightly north of the [[Icknield Way]], a [[Roman Road]] that is now the [[A505 road|A505]]. It is {{convert|41|mi|km|2}} down the line from {{rws|London King's Cross}}. Train services are currently operated by [[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Padgett |first=David |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern |edition=4th |date=October 2016 |origyear=1988 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-8-1 |at=map 24C |ref=harv }}</ref>
+'''Ashwell & Morden railway station''' is a wayside [[railway station]] in [[Cambridgeshire]], England. Close to the border with the county of [[Hertfordshire]], it is in the [[hamlet (place)|hamlet]] of [[Odsey]], slightly north of the [[Icknield Way]], a [[Roman Road]] that is now the [[A505 road|A505]]. It is {{convert|41|mi|km|2}} down the line from {{rws|London King's Cross}}. Train services are currently operated by [[Thameslink and Great Northern|Thameslink]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Padgett |first=David |editor-last=Brailsford |editor-first=Martyn |title=Railway Track Diagrams 2: Eastern |edition=4th |date=October 2016 |orig-year=1988 |publisher=Trackmaps |location=Frome |isbn=978-0-9549866-8-1 |at=map 24C }}</ref>
 The villages it serves, as well as Odsey, are [[Ashwell, Hertfordshire|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.
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 ==History==
-Opened as Ashwell station by the [[Royston and Hitchin Railway]] (R&HR) on 21 October 1850,<ref name=Butt>{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=20 |ref=harv }}</ref> the R&HR was later absorbed by the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]] (GNR). The name was changed to Ashwell and Morden on 1 April 1920<ref name=Butt /> three years before the GNR amalgamated with several other railways to form the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] during the [[Railways Act 1921|Grouping]] of 1923. The station then passed on to the [[Eastern Region of British Railways]] on [[nationalisation]] in 1948.
+Opened as Ashwell station by the [[Royston and Hitchin Railway]] (R&HR) on 21 October 1850,<ref name=Butt>{{cite book |last=Butt |first=R.V.J. |title=The Directory of Railway Stations |year=1995 |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |location=Yeovil |isbn=1-85260-508-1 |id=R508 |page=20 }}</ref> the R&HR was later absorbed by the [[Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)|Great Northern Railway]] (GNR). The name was changed to Ashwell and Morden on 1 April 1920<ref name=Butt /> three years before the GNR amalgamated with several other railways to form the [[London and North Eastern Railway]] during the [[Railways Act 1921|Grouping]] of 1923. The station then passed on to the [[Eastern Region of British Railways]] on [[nationalisation]] in 1948.
 When [[British Rail brand names|Sectorisation]] was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by [[Network SouthEast]] until the [[Privatisation of British Rail]]ways.

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Cambridge line	Letchworth Garden City Baldock Ashwell & Morden Royston Meldreth Shepreth Foxton Cambridge Cambridge North
Train operating company	Govia Thameslink Railway
Former operators	West Anglia Great Northern (WAGN) First Capital Connect
Closed line	Varsity Line
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