Medium sized local train station with a few train platforms. Located about a 10 min drive from the university section of town, it's an 1 hour 10ish minutes commute from London about £40 off peak round trip booked a couple weeks in advance, (prices may be higher or lower based on when you book, and peak vs non-peak transit times). In the station tickets are available for purchase at machines or ticket windows, if you haven't purchased online in advance. There are bathrooms, waiting areas and a small M&S express store inside the station, most of the platforms are covered and there are plenty of signs indicating platform numbers and arriving trains. Generally speaking station looked pretty clean. Outside the station there are bike racks and also temporary standing space for cars waiting for passenger pick up though long term parking I believe is a bit of a walk. Also local buses have stops right down the street (mostly walking towards the left as you exit the station), and they have general routes on posted signs and arrival times (posted live on electric signs). For more details on more local stops and fare amounts (vary by bus line and route), best to do some Google research prior to getting on. read more

Cambridge, wow. I expected more. Other than terminating and originating on a couple of platforms, this station looks just like every other mid-country station. Yes, there is an AMT (two, actually) and a waiting room, there is some parking too. Otherwise, ho-hum. There are staffed ticket booths and a ticket barricade, but not nearly enough departure boards. read more

Cambridge Train Station - Train Stations Near Me - Cambridge, CAM

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Cambridge station was opened in 1845 by the Eastern Counties Railway, as part of its line to London (originally terminating at Shoreditch, now to Liverpool Street). This is busy station used by over 6 million passengers a year, including commuters, tourists and, of course, students! The station has a handsome building of brick with a series of arches across the façade, an is listed at Grade II. One of its most notable features is the long main platform, which for many years was arguably the longest in the UK (see below), at over 500 yards (470m), although it is actually used as two platforms, with crossovers in the middle, used by both northbound and southbound through trains. There are also terminating bay platforms at either end of the building. Facilities include cafes, a newsagents, tourist information office, car parking and cycle storage, and the station has step-free access to all platforms. At the front is a taxi rank and bus stops. Services to go to London King's Cross (via Royston) and London Liverpool Street, as well as Ely, Norwich, Ipswich, Peterborough (and thence to Leicester and Birmingham). The fast trains to King's Cross, advertised as the 'Cambridge Express', run every 30 minutes until early evening and take 45 minutes to/from London. Note (for anoraks and pub quizzes): The longest platform in the UK is now at Gloucester. read more

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This station serves its purpose. While train travel is one of the best ways to get to Cambridge, be aware that this station is about a 15- or 20-minute walk (depending on exactly where you are going) to Centre City and the University. But there are a reasonable number of connections making this a useful arrival and get-away point into a city worthy of a visit. Having said that, however, there is nothing about the aesthetics of the station itself that will "wow" anyone. The facade is vintage but not otherwise architecturally noteworthy. The interior is minimal but adequate. There are a small handful of platforms and it is not too difficult to navigate. The amenities are minimal. There is a small waiting area and there are washrooms available. Those are the most notable conveniences. The upside to that is that the visit to the city gets significantly more impressive from here. read more

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The worst customer service I have ever encountered. Extremely rude and go out of their way to do harm. Do not recommend using the UK rail service. I purchased a ticket online and received an email confirmation. Following that, I boarded a train in London for Cambridge, after showing the ticket to several employees working for the national rail service in London. Upon arrival in Cambridge the station attendees refused to let me leave because they would not accept the email that the national rail service sent me as proof of ticket, although, the attendees in London did. He said that I had to download an app and use the app. But, the internet in the station was not working and the webpage they told me to use was not working (although I could pull up other sites) so I could not download the app. He refused to let me through saying that he did not care what other employees told me at the time of purchase. He also seemed impervious to to the logic that if he didn't let me in to Cambridge, which at this point I had no desire to visit, and the people in London said the same thing then I will never exit the train system. Truly, unintelligent. The thing is that their internet that they insisted I use did not work. You can't make up how unintelligent they are and the foresight they lack. I would be ashamed to be one of their employees or run this rail service. Finally, when I was explaining the logic of not being able to get out he threatened to call security. So, they sell you a ticket, then tell you that you can't use the ticket without internet or a webpage, then don't have working internet or webpage, then threaten to call the police. Not coming to Cambridge again! read more

I actually quite like this station. Forget about the inside of the station, having been to a few provincial stations recently I have noticed that they all look the same and are barely worth describing. What I appreciate here is the ease of onward travel. As you exit the station the taxis and busses crowd around like movie fans waiting by the red carpet. Plenty of options if you don't feel like a walk. One big confusion when arriving in towns you don't know, even if you have a map, is getting your bearings right when you leave the station. Firstlyhave you left by the front or the back exit and even then is that dirt track over there the big road on my map? No such problems here. I think there is only the one clear exitand when you leave there is a road going straight aheadand it's the road to follow if you are heading to the town centre. Even those with no sense of direction would be challenged to get lost at that point. I'm not sure they'd find the town centrebut they would at least start out on the correct path. read more

Cambridge is the least confusing of the medium sized stations I've used, somehow managing to have everything you need within easy walking and luggage lugging distance while still offering onward journeys to reasonably far flung places. There are all the shops you need to eat, drink and read without the place turning in to a shopping mall (see London Victoria (http://www.qype.co.uk/place/69163-Victoria-Station-London) for more on this) and the inclusion of an M&S means you can even pick up a bit of dinner to take home. Unfortunately I have to second the ladies toilets comment made by the lady below - not only are they grubby and smelly but there's always a massive queue because there are only three cubicles. A really bad use of space means they're arranged side by side along the back wall of a pretty big room, so there are three loos and lots of space to stand and queue in. How about more cubicles, less queue and less space needed for said queue?! I agree also with Mofish's point about easy onward travel in to the city centre. It couldn't be easier to find your way either by walking (go straight up the road and take the first main road to the right which takes you to the centre in about 15 minutes), grabbing a taxi or checking out the local bus timetables. read more

Not too much of a station but it works fine. Walk to the city center or rent a bike. It is a very bike friendly town!

As stations go, I like Cambridge. It has good staff, a nice new travel centre and good bus connections. You can get good food at Marks and Sparks and Delice De France, nice baguettes at Upper Crust and great coffee from AMT at either end of the platform. But man, the toilets are minging! I'd never take my kids in there! read more

Nowhere to charge your phone, no space to wait inside on the platforms, always too busy to get a ticket, with the longest queues I've ever seen for a staition, but thankfully the staff are always helpful. I've been travelling from this station to get to uni for the past 5 years now and more than that to just get to London and I haven't seen any of these things improve. I keep hearing of future expansions and improvements. If the new platforms are the extent of these improvements, please can the station do more. read more

I tried to buy a return ticket to Scotland on Thursday 6th August 2015 but the member of staff at the ticket booth, Carlton, didn't know where Dumfries was or how to spell it, he didn't know how to reserve a seat on Virgin Trains both outward and return journeys, he didn't include Underground travel on my ticket and all in all, I was standing at the booth for over half and hour. This is unacceptable and caused me a lot of inconvenience. read more