Cambridge South railway station is a planned railway station located in Cambridge adjacent to Addenbrooke's Hospital and Cambridge Biomedical Campus. The station will be on the Cambridge line and West Anglia Main Line. It is planned to open in 2025.

Cambridge South
General information
Location	Cambridge Biomedical Campus, City of Cambridge England
Coordinates	52.1744°N 0.1310°E / 52.1744; 0.1310
Platforms	4 (planned)
Key dates
2025	planned opening

Background

A new station was proposed in 2017.[1] In August 2017, the Transport Secretary backed plans for a new station as part of the East West Rail plan,[2][3] with a possible opening date of 2021,[4][5] that could also include a light rail link.[6] An unsuccessful application was made to the New Stations Fund 2 in 2017,[7] but £5 million was allocated to the project in the November 2017 Budget Speech.[8]

Funding for Cambridge South station was announced in the budget of March 2020.[9] Three options for its location near Addenbrooke's Hospital were identified between the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway bridge on Cambridge Biomedical Campus to the north and the Addenbrooke’s Road bridge to the south.[10] Network Rail stated that its preferred location for the station was at a site adjacent to the Biomedical Campus and the Guided Busway crossing[11] and submitted a Transport and Works Act Order application in June 2021 for a station on this site.[12]

East West Rail

East West Rail is a major project to build (or rebuild) a line between Oxford and Cambridge. In its 2021 Route Alignment consultation, the East West Rail Company proposes that its new alignment into Cambridge will do so via Cambridge South.[13]

References

External links

• Cambridge South: a new station in the south of Cambridge, National Rail

Summary

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
	Future Services
Foxton		Cambridge line		Cambridge
Shelford		West Anglia Main Line		Cambridge
Cambourne		East West Rail		Cambridge