Cambourne railway station

Cambourne
General information
LocationKnapwell, Cambridgeshire
England
Coordinates52°13′39″N 0°03′58″W / 52.2274°N 0.0661°W / 52.2274; -0.0661 (Indicative location, to be confirmed)
Platforms2
Location
Indicative location.[1]

Cambourne railway station is a proposed new railway station to serve Cambourne in Cambridgeshire. It would be situated on the Bedford–Cambridge section of the proposed East West Rail Oxford–Cambridge line.[2]

Location

In March 2021, the East West Railway Company opened an 'informal consultation' on proposals for the route alignment of this section and thus the location of this station. Two sites were considered, one just south of the town and the other to the north, on the other side of the A428.[3] In May 2023, the northern location was confirmed to be the preferred site of the new station, In April 2026, the East West Rail Company proposed a site in Knapwell civil parish, a little northeast of the Cambourne Rd/A428 junction.[1]


See also

East West Rail
Oxford
Oxford Parkway
Islip
Bicester Village
Western Section
Phase 1
Phase 2
Winslow
Bletchley
Fenny Stratford
Milton Keynes Central
Bow Brickhill
Woburn Sands
Aspley Guise
Ridgmont
Not all stations
between Bletchley and
Bedford are expected
to be served by East
West Rail services[4]
Lidlington
Millbrook
Stewartby
Kempston Hardwick
Bedford St Johns
Bedford
Western Section
Central Section
Cambourne
Cambridge South
Cambridge
Central Section
Eastern Section
Cambridge East[nb 1]
Cambridge North
Dullingham
Newmarket
Waterbeach
Ipswich–Ely line
(not to be used by EWR)
Kennett
Ely
Bury St Edmunds
Thurston
Shippea Hill
Lakenheath
Elmswell
Brandon
Thetford
Not all stations
between Cambridge
and Great Yarmouth
are expected to be
served by East
West Rail services[4]
Harling Road
Eccles Road
Attleborough
Spooner Row
Wymondham
Great Eastern Main Line
(not to be used by EWR)
Stowmarket
Needham Market
Norwich
Ipswich
Brundall Gardens
Brundall
Manningtree
Lingwood
Acle
Great Yarmouth
  1. ↑ Suggested new station not funded by EWR

References

  1. 1 2 "17". Consultation 2026 (PDF) (Report). East West Rail Co. April 2026. p. 225.
  2. ↑ Paul Brackley (30 January 2020). "East West Rail to take northern route via Cambourne into Cambridge, says transport secretary". Cambridge Independent. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ↑ Consultation Technical Report p.371
  4. 1 2 "East West Rail Bedford to Cambridge Preferred Route Option Report" (PDF). East West Rail. 30 January 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2020.