Waterbeach railway station
You can reach 46 stations directly from Waterbeach on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cambridge, with 90 trains a day.
Waterbeach is the nearest station for postcodes in CB25. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Waterbeach
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 90 | 74 | 34 |
| Cambridge North | 90 | 74 | 34 |
| Ely | 90 | 74 | 34 |
| Cambridge South | 86 | 74 | 33 |
| London King's Cross | 78 | 74 | 32 |
| Downham Market | 62 | 48 | 34 |
| King's Lynn | 62 | 48 | 33 |
| Littleport | 62 | 48 | 34 |
| Watlington | 62 | 48 | 33 |
| Royston | 32 | 16 | 4 |
| Letchworth Garden City | 30 | 16 | 3 |
| Audley End | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Broxbourne | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| London Liverpool Street | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Tottenham Hale | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Whittlesford Parkway | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Sawbridgeworth | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashwell & Morden | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Baldock | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Great Chesterford | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harlow Town | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Roydon | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelford | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Waltham Cross | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheshunt | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elsenham | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Finsbury Park | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Hitchin | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Harlow Mill | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Newport | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stevenage | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Attleborough | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brundall | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brimsdown | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cantley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Haddiscoe | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lowestoft | 1 | 0 | 0 |
and 6 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Waterbeach is
371,828 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,033rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Waterbeach and Cambridge than any other pair: 194,452 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: 18 stations instead of 46, a drop of about 61%. Saturday runs to 19.
Nearest other stations
- Cambridge North 3.1 miles
- Cambridge 5.3 miles
- Cambridge South 6.7 miles
- Soham 7.5 miles
- Shelford 8.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Waterbeach, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Quy · 2.2 miles
- Bottisham and Lode · 2.3 miles
- Chesterton · 3.2 miles
- Fen Ditton Halt · 3.3 miles
- Barnwell Junction · 3.8 miles
- Swaffham Prior · 3.8 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.