The Anonymous Widower

Potential Site For New Cambridge South Station Named

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Rail News.

The article says this about the site of the proposed Cambridge South station.

There had been three options for the station site and the preferred choice, which is the furthest north and nearest the guided busway, will offer improved connections with other railway routes as well as the busway. Although the detailed plans for East West Rail between Bedford and Cambridge have not yet been confirmed, it is possible that EWR trains will call at Cambridge South.

This Google Map shows the area.

Note.

1. Addenbrooke’s and Papworth Hospitals and the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in the South-East corner of the map.
2. Long Road going East-West across the map.
3. The West Anglia Main Line going North-South, at the Western edge of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Cambridge station is to the North and Shelford station is to the South.
4. Running diagonally away from the railway towards the South-West corner of the map, is the Cambridge Busway. which connects the Trumpington Park and Ride to Cambridge station and the City Centre.

It would appear there would be plenty of space to put a station with enough capacity for this important medical complex.

Train Services

Trains passing through that area include in trains per hour (tph)

• CrossCountry – 1 tph – Birmingham New Street and Stansted Airport via Cambridge
• Freater Anglia – 2 tph – London Liverpool Street and Cambridge North via Cambridge
• Greater Anglia – 1 tph – Norwich and Stansted Airport via Cambridge and Cambridge North
• Great Northern – 1 tph – London King’s Cross and Ely via Cambridge and Cambridge North
• Great Northern – 1 tph – London King’s Cross and Kings Lynn via Cambridge and Cambridge North
• Thameslink – 2 tph – Brighton and Cambridge
• Thameslink – 2 tph – London King’s Cross and Cambridge

That all adds up to 10 tph to Cambridge and 5 to Cambridge North.

When you add in future services on East West Rail, and do a bit of reorganisation, there could be twelve tph through the three Cambridge stations.

June 23, 2020 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Addenbrooke's, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge Busway, Cambridge North Station, Cambridge South Station, Cambridge Station, East West Railway