Major update ahead of long-awaited Cambridge South station opening

It has taken three years for the station to be built

Transport bosses have given the final seal of approval for the new Cambridge South railway station. It means the planned public opening has been given the green light to go ahead later this month.

Trains will start stopping at Cambridge South – situated beside Europe’s largest medical research facility – from June 28.

It will welcome up to nine trains per hour from Cambridge, with direct services to destinations including London King’s Cross, London Liverpool Street, Birmingham New Street, Brighton, Gatwick Airport, and Stansted Airport. Services will be run by Greater Anglia, Great Northern, Thameslink, and CrossCountry.

The station has had its opening pushed back twice. The first was in February last year, followed by a sub-contractor entering administration resulting in a second delay.

GBR Anglia has been working with the independent safety regulator for British railways to ensure the station is fully compliant.

Emily Heria, senior sponsor on behalf of GBR Anglia said: “Gaining the authorisation from the ORR to open Cambridge South is a massive achievement and reflects all the hard work done by everyone involved in the project.

“We are all so excited to open the new station on Sunday 28 June and can’t wait to welcome our first customers and see their reaction to their new railway station. We hope they will be as proud of their new station as we are to have built it.”