Cambridge South station

Cambridge South station is now open! 

Cambridge South station entered into service on Sunday 28 June with the first train calling at the new station at 06:35 in the morning, delivering direct rail services to Europe’s largest biomedical campus.

The £250 million Government investment will provide better transport options and connectivity for 1.8 million passengers, patients, visitors and employees when travelling to and from the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) every year.

The station will link the CBC to key places with direct train services including London, Birmingham, Stansted Airport, Gatwick Airport and London St Pancras International, improving access to jobs, homes and opportunities for millions of people across the region.

Journey times from London will be cut to 45 minutes from the capital, providing better journey options for almost 40,000 people that visit the CBC every day.

The improved connectivity will encourage growth of the CBC which already contributes £4.7 billion annually to the economy and will help secure the UK’s ambition to become the centre of medical excellence. 

The station will also help to grow and level up the regional economy and open up an array of employment options, boosting the local opportunities for the nearby communities of Trumpington, Cambridge and the wider region.

Sustainable transport

By supporting Cambridge’s local sustainable transport strategy, the station will help to provide an alternative, greener option to access the biomedical campus by rail, reducing carbon emissions from car use while helping to ease existing levels of congestion in the city of Cambridge. 

The new station is connected to the local cycle network with 1000 spaces for cycles, blue badge bays, and is located next to the guided busway system, providing visitors with more sustainable transport options from the local park and ride facilities or the city centre.

Station Facilities and Train Services

The new station comes equipped with, ticket vending machines, six lifts providing step free access to all platforms, accessible toilets, baby change facilities, A Changing Place facility (hospital side), waiting areas and space for retail/catering, entrances for pedestrians and cyclists from both Hobsons Park and the CBC, and capacity for 1000 cycle parking spaces.

Click here for more information about the station by visiting the Greater Anglia station webpage

Services operated by Greater Anglia, Great Northern, Thameslink, and CrossCountry are now calling at the new station, with up to 20 services calling at Cambridge South in peak hours.

The new station also has built in-capacity to support future East West rail services, aiming to unlock £103 billion of economic growth for the Cambridge and Oxford rail corridor. 

Cambridge South drone footage

This video shows the latest drone footage captured in early April 2026. The footage shows the new four-platform station substantially completed, situated between the Cambridge biomedical campus to the east, and the Hobson’s park nature reserve to the west, on the West Anglia main line. The video also shows the unique design of the new station, using a green roof, with solar panels to compliment the nature reserve, make the station sustainable and help achieve the biodiversity targets, to offset the footprint of the station.

Latest News 

June 2026

26 June 2026 – Cambridge South station opens. Read the press release for more information.

19 June 2026 – The Office of Road and Rail announce that the new station is authorised to open on Sunday 28 June 2026. Read our press release for more information.

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Artist Mark Titchner completes the installation of his latest public artwork, ‘Together We’. Click here for more information.

Contact Us

If you have any enquiries or questions about Cambridge South Station, please contact the 24/7 helpline team on 0345 711 4141 or visit our Contact Us webpage.

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