Cambridge railway station

Cambridge is a major interchange: 113 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Cambridge South, with 354 trains a day.

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Address: Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2JH

Cambridge is the nearest station for postcodes in CB1, CB3, CB23. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Cambridge

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Cambridge South	354	327	199
Cambridge North	176	176	127
Ely	157	140	92
Royston	155	122	72
Letchworth Garden City	153	122	72
London King's Cross	136	117	75
Hitchin	128	109	71
Baldock	126	110	71
Audley End	118	109	85
Stevenage	117	109	70
Finsbury Park	116	109	69
Whittlesford Parkway	115	108	85
Ashwell & Morden	101	81	71
Bishop's Stortford	90	76	56
Tottenham Hale	89	74	55
London Liverpool Street	88	75	55
Broxbourne	85	75	55
Waterbeach	84	74	36
Harlow Town	79	75	55
Sawbridgeworth	67	42	55
Cheshunt	65	66	55
London Blackfriars	64	64	26
Brighton	64	63	25
Burgess Hill	64	63	25
East Croydon	64	64	26
Gatwick Airport	64	64	26
Haywards Heath	64	63	25
London Bridge	64	64	26
St Pancras International	64	64	26
Stansted Airport	64	70	43
Three Bridges	64	64	25
Farringdon	64	64	26
City Thameslink	62	46	0
Foxton	60	41	39
Meldreth	60	41	39
Shepreth	60	41	39
Elsenham	57	41	29
Great Chesterford	57	41	29
Newport	57	41	29
Shelford	57	41	29

and 73 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Cambridge is

10,597,572 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 46th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 579,281 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Cambridge and London Kings Cross than any other pair: 2,900,308 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: 76 stations instead of 113, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 109.

Changing from 3 March 2027

From 3 March 2027, Cambridge gains 1 destination including Seven Sisters.

Nearest other stations

Cambridge South 1.4 miles
Cambridge North 2.3 miles
Shelford 3.1 miles
Waterbeach 5.3 miles
Foxton 6.2 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Barnwell Junction · 1.6 miles
Cherryhinton · 1.7 miles
Chesterton · 2.1 miles
Fen Ditton Halt · 2.1 miles
Histon · 3.5 miles
Fulbourn · 3.9 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.