Trains to Cambridge - Station Details and further Information on the Cambridge Train Services
Cambridge train station is a train station serving the city of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located at the end of Station Road, off Hills Road, in the southeast of the city.
Several routes start at the station including the West Anglia Main Line to London Liverpool Street, the Fen Line to King's Lynn, the Breckland Line to Norwich, services to Ipswich on the Ipswich to Ely Line, and the Hitchin-Cambridge Line, heading southwards and following an alternate route, to London King's Cross, via Hitchin. Most of these routes are electrified at 25 kV AC overhead except for the Ipswich to Ely Line. The station has the third longest platform in England.
One of East Anglia's major stations, Cambridge is served by several operators.
CrossCountry serve the station with their Birmingham New Street to Stansted Airport service, via Leicester and Peterborough. Services are operated using Class 170 diesel multiple units.
First Capital Connect serve the station as part of their service from London King's Cross. These services use Class 317 or Class 365 electric multiple units, although Class 365 units usually work the Cambridge Cruiser and semi-fast services.
The "Cambridge Cruiser" (termed 'Cambridge Express' from London) operates non-stop between London King's Cross and Cambridge.
There are also semi-fast trains between Cambridge and London, calling at Royston, Baldock, Letchworth Garden City, Hitchin, Stevenage and Finsbury Park.
There is an hourly stopping service to London King's Cross, stopping at all stations on the Cambridge-Hitchin portion of the line, then Stevenage, Knebworth, Welwyn North, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Potters Bar and Finsbury Park.
At London King's Cross, stopping services are often displayed as operating to Foxton, the last station before Cambridge, though the train does actually continue in service to Cambridge. This is done when users will arrive earlier by waiting for the next non-stop service. Stopping services from Cambridge to King's Cross are often displayed as running to Finsbury Park in a similar fashion; passengers will arrive at London earlier by waiting for a non-stop service.
Travelling northbound, there are hourly FCC services to Fen Line stations, calling at Waterbeach, Ely, Littleport, Downham Market, Watlington and King's Lynn. Off-peak these services run non-stop between Cambridge and King's Cross; during peak hours additional stops are usually made. Some of these additional stops were phased out in FCC's May 2009 'Seats for You' timetable, since in some cases supplementary services now run to serve the stops removed such as Royston and Letchworth Garden City.
National Express East Anglia serve the station with three routes:
To London Liverpool Street via the West Anglia Main Line. These services use Class 317 electric multiple units. During the morning peak some services start from King's Lynn or Ely, and during the evening peak some are extended beyond Cambridge to Ely and King's Lynn. There are typically two services each hour, one stopping service and one semi-fast service. On Sundays some services do not go to London Liverpool Street, instead calling at all stations to Stratford via Tottenham Hale.
A service between Cambridge and Norwich via the Breckland Line. These services use Class 170 Turbostar units and usually depart from Platform 5. This service was started in 2002 by Anglia, who ordered four of these trains for use on the new service. On rare occasions these services use older Sprinter units.
The Ipswich-Cambridge service. These services use Class 153, Class 156 or rarely, Class 170 diesel multiple units. One train a day continues to Harwich International and all services usually depart from Platform 6. |
