Cambridge South Railway Station
First published: Friday August 18th, 2023
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Why?
Cambridge South station will serve the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, a group of specialised and general hospitals that people come to from far away. It will also be a closer station to people in the Trumpington area of Cambridge.
What trains will stop here?
The trains that will stop here will be:
Greater Anglia slow and semi fast trains to London Liverpool Street, Cambridge North, Stansted Airport and Norwich
Thameslink and Great Northern slow trains to Cambridge London Kings Cross
East West Rail services to Bedford, Milton Keynes and Oxford, if it happens
Trains that might stop here would be:
Thameslink services to Cambridge and Brighton
'Cambridge Cruiser' Great Northern services to London Kings Cross, Ely and Kings Lynn
Trains that definitely won't stop here would be
CrossCountry services to Birmingham New Street and Stansted Airport
Is it worth the money?
Probably not, but it will help a lot of people.
How fast will it be to [City/Town]?
From Cambridge South you can get to:
Ely in 20 minutes
Norwich in 1h25min
Stansted Airport in 30 minutes
Stevenage in 35 minutes
Bedford in 45 minutes (East West Rail, future)
and if you are travelling from elsewhere, you will most likely come from London, from where it is
1h 30 min via Stevenage, stopping
45 min via Stevenage, express
1h 15 via Harlow, semi fast
When will it be open?
Cambridge South is designated to be open for passenger services by 2025, but its Britain, so expect 2027-28 or later...
Sadly the UK seems to have a culture of slow construction. If the station was in China it would have already been built with a high speed line.
There are a lot of UK stations that need renovating and that alone would bring in more jobs, although the biggest issue is how we are still running trains that are close to if not over half a century old still, especially on some of the tube lines and further up north.