Cambridge railway station
Cambridge railway station is the principal station serving the city of Cambridge in the east of England. It stands at the end of Station Road, 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the city centre. It is the northern terminus of the West Anglia Main Line, 55 miles 52 chains (89.6 km) down the line from London Liverpool Street, the southern terminus.
Cambridge | |
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Station building | |
| General information | |
| Location | Cambridge, City of Cambridge England |
| Coordinates | 52.194°N 0.138°E |
| Grid reference | TL462572 |
| Managed by | Greater Anglia |
| Platforms | 8 |
| Construction | |
| Architect | Sancton Wood, Francis Thompson |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CBG |
| Classification | DfT category B station |
| History | |
| Opened | 1845 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 | 11.983 million |
| Interchange | 0.556 million |
| 2019/20 | 11.600 million |
| Interchange | 0.627 million |
| 2020/21 | 2.301 million |
| Interchange | 0.123 million |
| 2021/22 | 6.953 million |
| Interchange | 0.389 million |
| 2022/23 | 9.342 million |
| Interchange | 0.481 million |
| Location | |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
The station is managed by Greater Anglia. It is one of three railway stations in the city (the other being Cambridge North, approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) away, and the under-construction Cambridge South). Cambridge is noted for having the third-longest platform on the network in England.
Cambridge is also the terminus of three secondary routes: the Fen line to King's Lynn, the Breckland line to Norwich and the Ipswich–Ely line to Ipswich. It is the thirteenth busiest station in the UK outside London.