Cambridge North railway station

You can reach 55 stations directly from Cambridge North on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cambridge, with 183 trains a day.

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Cambridge North is the nearest station for postcodes in CB5, CB4, CB24. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Cambridge North

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Cambridge	183	176	117
Cambridge South	164	173	115
Ely	129	108	60
Audley End	86	99	82
Whittlesford Parkway	86	99	82
London King's Cross	78	74	32
Waterbeach	90	74	34
Bishop's Stortford	65	68	57
Broxbourne	65	67	56
Cheshunt	56	67	56
Harlow Town	58	67	56
London Liverpool Street	65	67	56
Tottenham Hale	62	67	56
Downham Market	62	48	34
King's Lynn	62	48	33
Littleport	62	48	34
Watlington	62	48	33
Elsenham	40	37	30
Great Chesterford	41	37	30
Newport	40	37	30
Shelford	41	37	30
Stansted Mountfitchet	39	37	31
Harlow Mill	36	36	29
Sawbridgeworth	47	36	56
Attleborough	36	34	26
Brandon	36	34	26
Norwich	36	34	26
Thetford	36	34	26
Wymondham	35	34	26
Stansted Airport	21	31	25
Letchworth Garden City	30	16	3
Royston	32	16	4
Ashwell & Morden	3	4	2
Baldock	3	4	2
Eccles Road	4	4	0
Harling Road	4	4	0
Finsbury Park	2	3	0
Hitchin	2	3	2
Roydon	14	3	27
Stevenage	2	3	1

and 16 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Cambridge North is

1,459,946 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 381st busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 2,070 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Cambridge North and London Kings Cross than any other pair: 561,570 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 42 stations instead of 55, a drop of about 24%. Saturday runs to 56.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Cambridge North loses 1 including Hackney Downs.

Nearest other stations

Cambridge 2.3 miles
Waterbeach 3.1 miles
Cambridge South 3.7 miles
Shelford 5.3 miles
Whittlesford Parkway 8.4 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Cambridge North, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Chesterton · 0.2 miles
Barnwell Junction · 0.7 miles
Fen Ditton Halt · 0.7 miles
Histon · 2.4 miles
Quy · 2.5 miles
Cherryhinton · 2.5 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.