Cambridge North railway station

Cambridge North
Night view of Cambridge North railway station building in May 2017
General information
Location	Chesterton, South Cambridgeshire England
Managed by	Greater Anglia
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	CMB
Key dates
21 May 2017[1]	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.813 million
2019/20	0.950 million
Interchange	2,940
2020/21	0.221 million
Interchange	539
2021/22	0.734 million
Interchange	1,437
2022/23	1.075 million
Interchange	936
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cambridge North railway station is a railway station located in Milton, Cambridgeshire, immediately adjacent to the Cambridge suburb of Chesterton, close to Cambridge Science Park. The station is on the Fen Line, which runs from Cambridge to King's Lynn. It connects to the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, and provides an interchange with Park & Ride and local bus services.

The station was approved in December 2013; construction commenced in July 2014; and it opened on 21 May 2017,^[2] delayed from December 2015.^[3]

It has three platforms: platform 1 on the eastern side of the station serves southbound fast services to Cambridge, Stansted Airport, and London King's Cross as well as some morning peak-time services to London Liverpool Street; platform 2 serves northbound services to Ely, King's Lynn and Norwich; platform 3 is a south-facing bay serving semi-fast and slow services to London Liverpool Street via Cambridge and Bishop's Stortford.

A few services King's Lynn to or from London King's Cross pass through without stopping. All Cross Country services to or from Birmingham New Street and Stansted Airport also pass through without stopping. The line speed through Cambridge North is 75mph (120km/h).