Cambridge South train station

You can reach 99 stations directly from Cambridge South on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cambridge, with 354 trains a day.

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• 99 direct destinations
• Staffed full time
• Step-free throughout

Direct trains from Cambridge South

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

and 59 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Cambridge South

Cambridge South is on the Bethnal Green and King's Lynn Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Cambridge South station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Cambridge South station on 50 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 10 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 2 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 12:00 to 13:00 on the Monday, with 4 paths booked.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 54 stations instead of 99, a drop of about 45%. Saturday runs to 54.

Changing from 14 April 2027

From 14 April 2027, Cambridge South gains 1 destination including Seven Sisters.

Nearest other stations

• Cambridge 1.4 miles
• Shelford 1.7 miles
• Cambridge North 3.7 miles
• Foxton 4.9 miles
• Whittlesford Parkway 5.1 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

• Cherryhinton · 2.2 miles
• Barnwell Junction · 3.0 miles
• Harston · 3.4 miles
• Fen Ditton Halt · 3.4 miles
• Chesterton · 3.5 miles
• Lord's Bridge · 3.9 miles

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Facilities at Cambridge South station

Cambridge South is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Waiting room · WiFi

Cycle parking: 1,000 spaces (sheltered, compounds).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.

Getting to Cambridge South station

The nearest motorway junction is M11 J11 (Westfield), 1.6 miles south-west.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Cambridge South station elsewhere

• National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
• Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
• Wikipedia the station's history
• OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from

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