A HUGE new £183million train station is slated to open in the UK next year. Train journeys in Cambridgeshire are set to improve when Cambridge South Station opens in 2025. The brand-new train station is currently being built next to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and hospitals in the city like Addenbrookes .
Construction work started on the site in January 2023 after plans were approved by the Department for Transport one month earlier. According to Network Rail Anglia, the station roof has been installed on the western station building. Work is also being carried out on the foundations for the eastern station building, which will be erected soon.
Roads and crossings will also need to be modified before the station can open to the public next year. The total project is estimated to cost £183.6million with the two-storey station set to include four platforms, a ticket office and lifts.
There will also be retail space, pedestrian access and room for 1,000 bicycles. Once complete Cambridge South Station will provide links to central London, Birmingham and Stansted Airport . It is also hoped that East West Rail services from Bedford to Cambridge could also serve the station in the future - although part of the new route is still being planned and connections to Cambridge are a long way off.
Train operator Greater Anglia will manage the station, with other train companies expected to call at Cambridge South Station subject to timetabling. Cambridge isn't the only part of the UK.
