New train station for Cambridge

Work has begun on a new railway station for Cambridge, Cambridge South at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

The four-platform, fully accessible station is set to be operations by 2025.

There is around £200 million government funding for the construction and is expected to bring 27,000 jobs and 4,000 new homes by 2031.

The new station is expected to see 1.8 million passengers passengers a year with links to London, Stansted Airport and the Eurostar.

Rail Minister Huw Merriman said: "This brand-new station will not only benefit local passengers but deliver a major boost to the entire city, improving connectivity to a world-leading academic hub while unlocking local business and growth opportunities across the region.

"This is just another step in our efforts to create a thriving, well-connected, passenger-focused rail network to support communities for generations to come."

Katie Frost, Network Rail’s route director for Anglia, said: "It’s an exciting time for the railway in Cambridgeshire with a green light to deliver a new station that will serve the vitally important and growing biomedical campus.

"Rail continues to be an environmentally sustainable form of transport and I know the minister’s announcement will be welcomed by the customers and communities we serve across Cambridgeshire and beyond."

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