Network Rail is promising that when Cambridge South station opens early next year, all services will stop at the new station from day one.

Services are operated by Greater Anglia, Great Northern, Thameslink and CrossCountry.

Network Rail is confirming the service levels for the new station ahead of the East Coast Main Line changing its timetable from December 2025.

The services provided will be similar to current service levels at Cambridge station, which Network Rail believes offer “strong regional and national connectivity for passengers using the new station.

Services will include up to nine trains per hour between Cambridge South and Cambridge:

• half-hourly Great Northern fast trains to/from London King’s Cross (hourly on Sundays)
• half-hourly Great Northern semi-fast Monday to Friday peak service to / from London King’s Cross
• hourly off-peak and weekend Great Northern stopping service to / from London King’s Cross
• half-hourly semi-fast Thameslink service to/from Brighton (hourly on Sundays)
• up to two trains per hour to/from Stansted Airport (provided by Greater Anglia and CrossCountry)
• two Greater Anglia trains per hour to/from London Liverpool Street (four trains per hour at weekday peak times).

There will also be between 3 and 5 trains per hour to/from Ely:

• hourly Great Northern trains to and from King’s Lynn (half-hourly during most of the morning and mid-afternoon Monday to Saturday)
• CrossCountry trains to/from Peterborough, Leicester and Birmingham New Street running hourly
• an hourly Greater Anglia service to/from Norwich, running only during off-peak times.

It is expected that around 1.8 million passengers will use the new Cambridge South station each year, which will significantly improve connections across the East of England and to destinations around the country. The new station will give passengers direct access to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, and will facilitate seamless journeys to London, Birmingham, Stansted Airport, Gatwick Airport and international rail services via St Pancras.

Earlier this year, infrastructure work for the new station was completed.

“The new Cambridge South railway station will significantly improve travel and connectivity in the region, serving the biomedical campus and the growing number of science and healthcare specialists, employees, and hospital visitors, as well as the local communities nearby.

“It will offer a whole range of easy journey options, both locally and regionally, including direct Greater Anglia services to Stansted Airport, London Liverpool Street, Ely and Norwich, and convenient journeys to many other destinations across the rail network.

“We look forward to operating the station when it opens next year. The station will be served by our modern fleet of trains which have helped Greater Anglia achieve consistently excellent punctuality and performance standards over the past 5 years.”

Martin Beable, Greater Anglia’s Managing Director