The Anonymous Widower

Speeding Between Silicon Roundabout And Cambridge Science Park

There is an article in the Sunday Times that says that Ministers want to improve the links between Silicon Roundabout and the Cambridge Science Park. Here’s the guts of the story.

The aim is to slash travelling time between them and accelerate growth in Britain’s hi-tech industries.

The trip between London and Cambridge has long been considered a stumbling block to greater collaboration between the two tech hubs.

A station is already being built at the Cambridge Science Park, which should open before 2014, although the report in the Sunday Times says this is only being considered.

The article also talks about a Shoreditch stop on a fast train from Liverpool Street station to Cambridge.

It strikes me though that if you look at the proposals for Crossrail 2, which are slated to possibly go via Dalston Junction and the Angel, then this could be eventually an integral part of the new rail route, especially if Crossrail 2 links to the West Anglia Main Line.

I say eventually, as Crossrail 2, will be unlikely to open in the next thirty years.

Alternatively, there is the option of running the fast Cambridge trains into Old Street and Moorgate stations on the Northern City line.  They would then use the Great Northern route to Cambridge.The stations would need to be enlarged, but the tunnels could probably take the full-size, Class 365, trains currently used on Kings Cross to Cambridge services. Remember that Old Street station is actually under Silicon Roundabout.

There are a lot of possibilities.

November 24, 2013 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Cambridge, Stations, Technology, Trains