Awards 2014 as Small station of the year. Stationmasters J. Withers, c. 1849–1850, former station master at Syston, afterwards at Grantham John Willis, 1850–1862 George William Earp, 1862–1864 W. Barker, 1864 W. Butterfield, from 1864 Robert Jeffrey, c. 1869–1873 T. B. Symonds, 1873–1878, former station master of Berkley Road station, Gloucester, absconded after suspension on 28 November 1878 Thomas Bedington, 1878–1908 Lawrence Palmer Briggs, 1908–1913, afterwards station master at Trent James Sparling, 1913–1929, former station master at Rowsley Frederick Charles Robinson, 1929–1940 Services Melton Mowbray has an hourly service off-peak in both directions operated by CrossCountry. Westbound trains run to Birmingham via , and Coleshill. Eastbound trains run to via , Ely and . Additional trains run at peak times, with some terminating at Cambridge. Although the next station westbound is , there are no direct services between the two. Despite managing the station, East Midlands Railway (EMR) only operates limited services to the station: a single daily return service to London St Pancras via Corby commenced on 27 April 2009. It is notable as the first regular passenger service to cross the historic Welland Viaduct on the Oakham to Kettering line since 1966. The company introduced a further return service from via East Midlands Parkway (for East Midlands Airport) from May 2010. Further services are being considered. There are two daily services to and from London, one calling at , , , , , and , and the other at , , , , , and . 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 to and an evening service from to Nottingham via Peterborough. 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. Part of the former Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway is now used as the Old Dalby Test Track. This leaves the Leicester line a short distance to the west of Melton Mowbray station and runs towards Nottingham via Old Dalby, continuing as far as the Nottingham suburb of Edwalton. References External links Melton Mowbray Railway stations in Leicestershire DfT Category E stations Former Midland Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1846 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1848 Railway