With rail workers on strike and the potential death of free on-board wi-fi, these days it’s quite easy to assume that any rail-related news is bad news. Well, not this time, folks. Cambridge is about to be treated to a shiny new train station.
Cambridge South is expected to open in the next two years and to serve up to two million passengers annually as part of the new £5 billion East-West rail line that connects Oxford and Cambridge. The UK government has agreed to fully fund the site, which will cost £200 million and is due to open within the next two years.
It will be the university city’s third station alongside Cambridge North and its central station. Construction has already begun and has created 300 jobs for people in the area.
Crucially, the station sits next to Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC). It’s hoped that by making access to the research site easier, this new station will help to encourage investment in science and help the government’s efforts to make the UK a ‘science superpower by 2030’. Kristin-Anne Rutter, of the CBC, told the BBC that ‘better public transport links will be critical in fulfilling our vision of a more sustainable campus’.
A Network Rail spokesperson said: ‘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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