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Cambridge South Station Moves A Step Closer

The new station would connect Cambridge Biomedical Campus with central London, London Stansted Airport, Ely, Birmingham and Europe via London St Pancras.

Network Rail has submitted a Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) application to seek deemed planning permission to build the new station and associated infrastructure which will serve the southern fringe of Cambridge and the biomedical campus.

Following two rounds of consultation in 2020 to select the location of the station and seek views on the station facilities and access provision, the submission of the TWAO application marks a significant step forward towards making the station a reality.

The TWAO application includes the provision for a new two-storey, four platform station on the West Anglia mainline which could include a ticket office, ticket vending machines, lifts providing step free access to all platforms, accessible toilets, baby change facilities, waiting area and space for retail/catering, access for pedestrians and cyclists from both sides of the railway with capacity for a 1000 cycle parking spaces. 

Anyone interested has until Monday 2 August to make representations to the Department for Transport.

It is hoped work could start in 2022 with a funder target of station opening in 2025. 

 

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