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Cambridge railway station
Cambridge railway station serves the city of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, England. Situated at the end of Station Road, it lies 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the city centre. With over ten million passengers passing through the station in 2023–24, it is both the busiest station in the East of England region and the thirteenth busiest outside of London.
The station serves as the northern terminus for both the West Anglia Main Line from London Liverpool Street, and of the Cambridge line from London Kings Cross. The station is also the southern terminus of three secondary routes: the Fen line to King's Lynn, the Breckland line to Norwich, and the Ipswich–Ely line to Ipswich.
The station is managed and served by Greater Anglia, with services also operated by Great Northern, Thameslink and CrossCountry. It is one of three railway stations in Cambridge; the others are Cambridge North, approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) away, and Cambridge South 1.4 miles (2 km).
Although the first main line inter-city railway was the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which opened in 1830, surveys for a railway through Cambridge had been conducted as early as 1822. After many failed attempts for a railway, the Eastern Counties Railway (Ely, Brandon and Peterborough Extension) Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. lxii) was passed in 1844, which allowed the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) to extend their line as far as Ely via Cambridge from its terminus at Bishop's Stortford, which had been reached in May 1842.
The 1844 Act also included an extension of the line north of Cambridge to Brandon, which ended the concept of a connection through to Norwich. Robert Stephenson was appointed engineer and, on 29 July 1845, the station opened with services operating from Bishopsgate station in London, via Stratford and Bishop's Stortford.
In the years following the opening of the main line from Cambridge through to Norwich in 1845, other railways were built to the city. Initially, some of these planned to have separate stations but opposition from the university saw them all eventually using the same station. The first line to arrive was the St Ives to Huntingdon line, which opened in 1847 and was built by the East Anglian Railway. Services to Peterborough also commenced that year, with the opening of the line from Ely via March to Peterborough, which also became the main route for coal traffic into East Anglia which was built by the ECR.
The following year, the ECR opened a line between St Ives and March, which saw some passenger services, although the coal traffic was then diverted on to this route.
In 1851, a branch line from Newmarket to Cambridge (Coldham Lane Junction) was opened which partly used the alignment of the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway which subsequently closed. In 1854, the Newmarket line was extended eastwards to meet the Eastern Union Railway line at Bury St Edmunds, allowing through running to Ipswich.
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Cambridge railway station
Cambridge railway station serves the city of Cambridge, in Cambridgeshire, England. Situated at the end of Station Road, it lies 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of the city centre. With over ten million passengers passing through the station in 2023–24, it is both the busiest station in the East of England region and the thirteenth busiest outside of London.
The station serves as the northern terminus for both the West Anglia Main Line from London Liverpool Street, and of the Cambridge line from London Kings Cross. The station is also the southern terminus of three secondary routes: the Fen line to King's Lynn, the Breckland line to Norwich, and the Ipswich–Ely line to Ipswich.
The station is managed and served by Greater Anglia, with services also operated by Great Northern, Thameslink and CrossCountry. It is one of three railway stations in Cambridge; the others are Cambridge North, approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) away, and Cambridge South 1.4 miles (2 km).
Although the first main line inter-city railway was the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which opened in 1830, surveys for a railway through Cambridge had been conducted as early as 1822. After many failed attempts for a railway, the Eastern Counties Railway (Ely, Brandon and Peterborough Extension) Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. lxii) was passed in 1844, which allowed the Eastern Counties Railway (ECR) to extend their line as far as Ely via Cambridge from its terminus at Bishop's Stortford, which had been reached in May 1842.
The 1844 Act also included an extension of the line north of Cambridge to Brandon, which ended the concept of a connection through to Norwich. Robert Stephenson was appointed engineer and, on 29 July 1845, the station opened with services operating from Bishopsgate station in London, via Stratford and Bishop's Stortford.
In the years following the opening of the main line from Cambridge through to Norwich in 1845, other railways were built to the city. Initially, some of these planned to have separate stations but opposition from the university saw them all eventually using the same station. The first line to arrive was the St Ives to Huntingdon line, which opened in 1847 and was built by the East Anglian Railway. Services to Peterborough also commenced that year, with the opening of the line from Ely via March to Peterborough, which also became the main route for coal traffic into East Anglia which was built by the ECR.
The following year, the ECR opened a line between St Ives and March, which saw some passenger services, although the coal traffic was then diverted on to this route.
In 1851, a branch line from Newmarket to Cambridge (Coldham Lane Junction) was opened which partly used the alignment of the Newmarket and Chesterford Railway which subsequently closed. In 1854, the Newmarket line was extended eastwards to meet the Eastern Union Railway line at Bury St Edmunds, allowing through running to Ipswich.
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