Waterbeach Station

Waterbeach is a railway station serving the large village of Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, England. The station lies on the Fen Line from Cambridge to King's Lynn, electrified at 25 kV AC overhead. The station is 61. 01mi from London Liverpool Street via the West Anglia Main Line and 63. 29mi from London King's Cross via the East Coast Main Line. Waterbeach station is unstaffed, and has only basic waiting shelters on each of the two platforms. All station buildings have been demolished. The platforms are staggered on each side of a half barrier level crossing. Until electrification and the automation of the crossing, the platforms were located opposite each other. HistoryBefore electrification, British Rail services often did not stop at Waterbeach, or if they did stops would be unofficial. However, since electrification virtually all King's Lynn /Ely - Cambridge /London services have stopped there (the present timetable shows only three Monday - Friday in both directions not stopping there) passenger numbers surged, with people all across the area north of Cambridge in South Cambridgeshire using it as their primary station. As a result, passenger numbers are nearly as high as Downham Market, and the station sees a lot of parking problems.

Waterbeach is a railway station serving the large village of Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, England. The station lies on the Fen Line from Cambridge to King's Lynn, electrified at 25 kV AC overhead. The station is 61. 01mi from London Liverpool Street via the West Anglia Main Line and 63. 29mi from London King's Cross via the East Coast Main Line. Waterbeach station is unstaffed, and has only basic waiting shelters on each of the two platforms. All station buildings have been demolished. The platforms are staggered on each side of a half barrier level crossing. Until electrification and the automation of the crossing, the platforms were located opposite each other. HistoryBefore electrification, British Rail services often did not stop at Waterbeach, or if they did stops would be unofficial. However, since electrification virtually all King's Lynn /Ely - Cambridge /London services have stopped there (the present timetable shows only three Monday - Friday in both directions not stopping there) passenger numbers surged, with people all across the area north of Cambridge in South Cambridgeshire using it as their primary station. As a result, passenger numbers are nearly as high as Downham Market, and the station sees a lot of parking problems.