It is 47 miles 75 chains (47.94 miles, 77.15 km) from London King's Cross on the Cambridge Line.

[1] All services at Meldreth are operated by Great Northern using Class 387 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Cambridge and London King's Cross.

Additional services call at the station during the peak hours.

[2] On 1 August 2001 local celebrations marked the 150th anniversary of the station's opening in 1851, during the so-called Victorian Railway Mania.