A multi-million pound railway station that has capacity to welcome 1.8 million passengers annually has opened.

Cambridge South station will serve trains to London, Birmingham and Stansted Airport, and is a short walk away from the city's Biomedical Campus.

Amanda Taylor, a Liberal Democrat councillor for the Queen Edith's ward on Cambridge City Council, said: "It will mean people will be able to get here by train and hopefully reduce the amount of motor traffic that is coming into the area."

The station has two storeys with four platforms, ticket vending machines, lifts, retail space and facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.

The station is also connected to the city's cycle network and next to the guided busway system.

Cambridge Liberal Democrats said its party has campaigned since the 1990s for an "Addenbrooke's Station" - an idea that progressed into Cambridge South station.

Alex Beckett, a Liberal Democrat councillor and the chair of the Highways and Transport Committee at Cambridgeshire County Council, said: "It's been 20 years in the making but this will really revolutionise travel for people in the area.

"I think it's going to make a fantastic difference for people."

Jamie Burles, the managing director for GBR Anglia, said: "It's a really important strategic, sustainable transport hub for Cambridge and south Cambridge.

"We had to make this station fit for the future."

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