Cambridge

Cambridge Station

The Cambridge railway station is a railway station in Cambridge, England, in the east of England. Located 1 mile southeast of Cambridge city centre, Cambridge Station is the busiest train station in East England. In 2011/12, 8.8 million passengers got on and off the bus. The building at Cambridge Station itself is a Grade II listed building.

It is the northern terminus of the West Anglia Route and is 55 miles (59.6 km) from the southern finish line of London Liverpool Street.

Station Facilities

• Service Desk
• Taxi stand
• Car Rental
• Accessible Channel

Railway Service

Departing from Cambridge by train,

• Railway operator: Great Northern

(1) Direct train to King's Cross Station in London - 2 shifts per hour (2) Travel to London Kings Crossing Station via Royston, Letchworth and Hatfield (3) Go to Kings Lynn train station via Ely (Kings Lynn station via Ely)

• Railway operator: Greater Anglia

(1) Travel to London Liverpool Street Station via Audley End, Bishops Stortford and Harlow - 2 times per hour (2) Go to Ipswich, Ipswich, via Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (1 shift per hour) (3) Travel to Norwich Station, Norwich, via Ely, Thetford and Wymondham (1 per hour)

• Railway operator: Thameslink

(1) Travel to Brighton Station via St Pancras International Station, Farrington Station, Thames City Station, Blackfriars Station, London Bridge Station, East Croydon Station and Gatwick Airport Station (No more than Gatwick Airport on Sunday)    2 trains per hour from Monday to Friday and 1 train per hour on weekends

• Railway operator: Cross Country

(1) Travel to Birmingham Station via Erie, March, Petersburg, Leicester and Nuneaton (1 per hour) (2) Go to Stansted Airport (1 shift per hour)

Traffic in the city

Several local bus services at Stagecoach and Whippet Coaches in Cambridge stop in the southwest of the main building. There are 9 stations connecting the train station to the city centre and other parts of Cambridge, including the Addenbrooke Hospital and surrounding areas. The south of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway is directly connected to the station, allowing buses to travel from Trumpton to Trumpington via St. Ives and Huntington in St. Ives. The bus also departs from the station to Sawston and Saffron Walden. The taxi stand is located outside the main entrance.

London King's Cross

King's Cross Station

King’s Cross Railway Station is a large railway terminal located in the King’s Cross area in central London, on the Camden area at the junction of the Camden and Islington districts. Connected by A501, Euston Road and York Road. The station is the southern terminal of the main east coast of the British Rail Link. Its west side is close to the terminal of the Eurostar International Train, St. Pancras. The two stations are connected to the King’s Cross St Pancras Station on the London Underground as a common outbound subway station.

Station Facilities

• First class lounge
• subway
• Service Desk
• washroom
• Luggage storage
• Accessible Channel
• Taxi stand

Railway Service

King's Cross Station has many routes to the east and north of Scotland, connecting many major cities such as Cambridge, Leeds, York, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness.

There are now four railway companies operating the services of the trains to the main line.

• London North Eastern Railway On the East Coast main line to Peterborough, Doncaster, Leeds, Wakefield, York, Darlington, Durham, Newcastle Central Station, Edinburgh Waverley Station, Glasgow Central Station, Dundee, A Intercity trains in Berding and Inverness. The company also plans to increase its route to Lincoln Center in 2010. The East Coast National Express Train Company is the "main operator" of King's Cross Station.

• Thameslink and Great Northern Drive to suburban and regional routes in North London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

• Hull Trains Intercity trains bound for Hull via the East Coast main line. Unlike its sister company, First Hull Train Company does not have the privileges of a train operating company, but operates under an “open line” agreement.

• Grand Central Intercity trains to North Yorkshire, Durham County and Sunderland. The train also passes the East Coast main line, and the company is also an “open line” operator.

Traffic in the city

To the west of King's Cross Station is the St. Pancras Station, the New Britain Library and the Euston Station. These buildings are only a few minutes walk away.

King's Cross is one of the symbols of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series of storybooks. This station is the departure point for the Hogwarts Express Train. This train uses the secret 93⁄4 platform, which is required to pass through the dividing brick wall between platform 9 and platform 10.

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