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Cambridge South railway station officially opens

BBC Published Jun 28, 2026 Reviewed Jul 3, 2026 ✓ Reviewed by citations.press editors

Cambridge South station has annual passenger capacity of 1.8 million.

1800000 passengers annually · Cambridge South station

Cambridge South station has four platforms.

4 platforms · Cambridge South station

Cambridge Liberal Democrats have campaigned for an Addendrooke's Station since the 1990s.

at least 1990 years · campaign duration

Alex Beckett stated the station has been 20 years in the making.

20 years · development timeline

Cambridge Liberal Democrats stated their party has campaigned since the 1990s for an "Addenbrooke's Station".

at least 1990 decade · campaigning for a station Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Alex Beckett stated that the station has been 20 years in the making.

20 years · station in the making Alex Beckett, a Liberal Democrat councillor and the chair of the Highways and Transport Committee at Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridge South station is expected to welcome more than a million visitors annually.

more than 1000000 visitors annually · Cambridge South station

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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