Trains to Cambridge

Cambridge Train Station is one mile southeast of the city centre, so it’s only a tiny walk from the grand old university city with its marvellous galleries, museums, and quaint Harry Potter-style or Tolkienesque colleges.

The station itself is a Grade II-listed building with an orderly neoclassical portico, very fitting for a city that prides itself on its elegant architecture and its classically inspired academic traditions.

Cambridge has many amenities, including:

• A ticket office (opening times: Monday to Saturday: 5.10am – 11.00pm; Sunday: 7am – 10.55pm). You can book train tickets as well as monthly and annual season tickets at the ticket office.
• Self-service ticket machines and accessible ticket machines. Plus, you can collect tickets you have bought online from the self-service machines.
• Step-free access to all platforms.
• Boards to check the real-time train timetable.
• ATMs, shops, and hospitality.
• Public telephones, public Wi-Fi.
• 2850 bicycle storage stands and racks.

Cambridge Train Station is approximately one mile from the city centre. To get there, you could take a taxi to drop you off at the front entrance, or local buses also serve the station.

Cambridge Train Station is the northern terminus of the West Anglia Main Line and is also linked to London Liverpool Street and London Kings Cross. It’s also the terminus of three secondary lines, the Fen Line to King’s Lynn in Norfolk, the Breckland Line to Norwich, and the Ipswich-Ely line.

London Kings Cross to Cambridge

Getting from London King’s Cross to Cambridge with Great Northern takes only forty-eight minutes. Trains run every twenty minutes or so between the two destinations.

London Liverpool Street to Cambridge

On average, the journey between London Liverpool Street and Cambridge takes one hour and twenty-three minutes when travelling with Greater Anglia.

Stansted Airport to Cambridge

The trip from Stanstead Airport to Cambridge takes approximately thirty minutes with either CrossCountry or Greater Anglia.

King’s Lynn to Cambridge

Travelling from King’s Lynn to Cambridge with Great Northern takes exactly fifty-five minutes. Trains leave every hour.

Greater Anglia, Great Northern, Thameslink, and CrossCountry are the leading rail operators at Cambridge.

Greater Anglia runs services from Central London to destinations like Stansted Airport, Ipswich, and Bishop’s Stortford from Cambridge. CrossCountry serves routes between Cambridge and Birmingham.

Great Northern services the Fen Line route from Cambridge to King’s Lynn in Norfolk, and Thameslink serves trains between Cambridge and Hitchin.

Although the train station is one mile from the centre of the ‘city of perspiring dreams’, a nickname penned to distinguish the city from its rival sibling, Oxford, there’s still so much to do. Beside the station, along Hills Road, are legions of exciting pubs and eateries.

But suppose you feel like walking into the city centre. In that case, you’ll find yourself meandering up and down cobbled streets, seeing designer shops, antiquarian bookstores, and glimpsing at medieval spires and traditionally decked out Cambridge University colleges.

Of course, if you’d like to get the whole Cambridge experience, then you’ll have to visit some of the city’s tried and tested staples, such as the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Botanical Gardens, King’s College Chapel, Cambridge University, and take a punt along the River Cam. It might feel like you’re in a fantasy novel, but honestly, this is the real deal.

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What is Cambridge Train Station’s address?

The address for Cambridge Train Station is Station Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 2JW.

Can you walk from Cambridge Train Station to the city centre?

Cambridge Train Station is one mile away from the city centre. Walking from the station to the centre takes roughly twenty to twenty-five minutes. Alternatively, you could take a taxi or a bus to the city centre in only a few minutes. Buses and taxis stop outside of the station.

Is Cambridge North the same as Cambridge Station?

There are three train stations in Cambridge. Cambridge Train Station, Cambridge North, and Cambridge South.

Cambridge Train Station is the main station in the city, and its station code is CBG.

*Information is subject to change. Please check the latest train timetable before your trip.