Rail passengers are set to benefit from a new station in Cambridge with links to its biomedical campus. 

Spades are in the ground to deliver a new, 4-platform, fully accessible station at Cambridge Biomedical Campus in the south of the city by 2025, offering easier access to Europe’s largest centre of medical research and health science.

With around £200 million government funding earmarked for the build, the new station will bring together world-leading academics and back the government’s ambition for the UK to become a science superpower by 2030. It will also support rapid growth in the area, which is expected to welcome 27,000 jobs and 4,000 new homes by 2031.

Huw Merriman, Rail Minister, said:

"This brand-new station will not only benefit local passengers but deliver a major boost to the entire city, improving connectivity to a world-leading academic hub while unlocking local business and growth opportunities across the region. This is just another step in our efforts to create a thriving, well-connected, passenger-focused rail network to support communities for generations to come."

Kristin-Anne Rutter, Executive Director, Cambridge Biomedical Campus Limited, said:

"We are delighted that the Cambridge Biomedical Campus is to get its own railway station in less than 2 years’ time. Better public transport links will be critical in fulfilling our vision of a more sustainable campus."

Sir Mene Pangalos, EVP BioPharmaceuticals R&D,  AstraZeneca, said:

"We very much welcome the ‘ground breaking’ for the Cambridge South Train Station, which will provide sustainable travel directly to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus."