Cambridge railway station

Cambridge is a major interchange: 115 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 368 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	368	327	210
Cambridge North	183	176	117
Royston	168	122	74
Letchworth Garden City	166	122	73
Ely	163	140	80
London King's Cross	150	117	74
Hitchin	137	109	72
Baldock	135	110	72
Stevenage	126	109	71
Finsbury Park	125	109	70
Audley End	118	109	93
Whittlesford Parkway	115	108	93
Ashwell & Morden	110	81	72
Bishop's Stortford	91	76	63
Waterbeach	90	74	34
London Liverpool Street	88	75	62
Tottenham Hale	87	74	62
Broxbourne	86	75	62
Harlow Town	80	75	62
Foxton	68	41	39
Meldreth	68	41	39
Sawbridgeworth	68	42	62
Shepreth	68	41	39
Cheshunt	66	75	62
Welwyn North	65	38	36
London Blackfriars	64	64	28
East Croydon	64	64	28
Gatwick Airport	64	64	28
London Bridge	64	64	0
St Pancras International	64	64	28
Stansted Airport	64	70	44
Farringdon	64	64	28
Brighton	63	63	27
Burgess Hill	63	63	27
City Thameslink	63	46	0
Haywards Heath	63	63	27
Three Bridges	63	64	27
Downham Market	62	48	34
King's Lynn	62	48	33
Littleport	62	48	34

and 75 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: 77 stations instead of 115, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 94.

Changing from 17 February 2027

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

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.

Cambridge South · 1.4 miles
Barnwell Junction · 1.6 miles
Cherryhinton · 1.7 miles
Chesterton · 2.1 miles
Fen Ditton Halt · 2.1 miles
Histon · 3.5 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.