Ever since it was founded in 1972, the Railfuture East Anglia branch had been calling for the then freight-only St Ives railway line to be ropened to passengers. Key to this was a new station in the north of Cambridge to serve the Cambrdidge Science Park, which opened in 1970, and latterly the Business Park, Innovation Centre and Regional College. Sadly the railway line was not reopened, but was converted to a guided busway. Howewer, in May 2017, Cambridge North station finally opened, and Railfuture was present to see it. Hopefully by 2025, it will be joined by Cambirdge South railway station — to be built to serve Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Biomedical Campus — to provide the cross-city rail service that Railfutrue had been proposing.
When Cambridge North station opened the brownfield site was bare. At the end of 2020 the Novotel hotel was completed and site clearance for the construction of offices had commenced. The County Council's business case estimated a mere 800,000 passenger movements a year, but this was exceeded in its third year. With substantial development close to the station, it will become very busy in the future.
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- GUIDED BUSWAY
- LOCAL TRANSPORT PLANS
- RAIL ROUTES
- STATIONS
- 31/12/2021 - First phase of Chisholm Trail opens linking Cambridge North station to Cambridge United Football Club and beyond
- 31/12/2021 - Plans for Cambridge North area commercial development will see car park converted into a multi-storey
- 31/12/2020 - Near-empty car park at Cambridge North station put to festive use
- 30/11/2020 - Major construction work around Cambrdge North station limits access for cyclists and bus users
- 31/03/2020 - New information screens continue to be rolled out at Greater Anglia stations
- 31/03/2019 - Government helps to fund massive new district near Cambridge North station
- 31/05/2018 - Acceptable but not joyous passenger numbers for first year at Cambridge North station
- 31/10/2017 - East Cambs District Council agrees to fund GRIP 3 study for Soham station
- 31/08/2017 - Secretary of State for Transport officially opens Cambridge North station
- 31/01/2017 - Cambridge News publishes feature and video of construction of Cambridge North station
- 31/10/2016 - Significant progress on construction of Cambridge North station during October as May 2017 opening date looms
- 31/08/2016 - Network Rail provides publicity photos of Cambridge North station construction progress
- 30/04/2016 - Network Rail and Cambridgeshire County Council reach agreement on pedestrian/cycle route for Cambridge North station
- 31/01/2016 - Changes to station layout and delay in signing s106 agreement have delayed Cambridge North opening to May 2017
- 28/12/2015 - Platforms take shape at new Cambridge North station but s106 agreement is still not signed
- 31/10/2015 - Cambridgeshire County Council releases passenger flow study of new Cambridge Science Park station to justify lack of canopies
- 20/08/2015 - Final planing approval given for new £44m Cambridge North station - construction will begin immediately
- 31/07/2015 - Cambridge city Council approves two new access routes to the new Cambridge North station
- 20/06/2015 - Little visible progress on the new Cambridge North station seems but Railfuture gets a detailed update from Network Rail
- 31/07/2014 - Final part of planning permission granted for Cambridge Science Park station
- 30/06/2014 - Work starts on bus route to new Cambridge Science Park Station
- 30/12/2013 - Councillors approve planning application for Cambridge Science Park station
- 29/10/2012 - Cambs County Council launches public consultation on Cambridge Science Park Station
- 10/09/2011 - Rail minister visits Cambridge to learn more about proposal for a north Cambridge railway station
- 28/07/2009 - Cambridgeshire Transport Commission calls for government support to build Chesterton Interchange station
- 16/02/2009 - Plan for new Chesterton Station in north Cambridge moves forward
- 29/05/2008 - Decision not to redevelop land for housing in north Cambridge near to proposed station
- 13/07/2005 - Cambridgeshire County Council to bid for government funding for Chesterton Interchange station
- 24/03/2004 - Cost of Chesterton Interchange station continues to rise
- 22/05/2003 - Cambs County council bids for £90m of government money for transport improvements including Chesterton Interchange station
- 01/05/2003 - SRA asks Cambridgeshire County Council to identify ways of funding Chesterton Interchange Station
- 13/02/2003 - Chesterton Interchange station plan for Cambridge promoted once again
- 04/11/2002 - Chesterton Interchange station plans developed but new platform at Cambridge 'Central' no nearer
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