Editing Cambridge (section)

=== Railway ===
[[File:Cambridge station building.JPG|thumb|Cambridge railway station]]

[[Cambridge railway station]] was opened in 1845.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fellowes|first1=Reginald B|title=Railways to Cambridge – actual and proposed)|date=1948|publisher=Oleander Press|location=Cambridge, UK|isbn=0-902675-62-1|page=10|edition=1976 reprint}}</ref> Trains run to {{rws|King's Lynn}} and {{rws|Ely}} (via the [[Fen Line]]), {{rws|Norwich}} (via the [[Breckland Line]]), {{rws|Leicester}}, {{rws|Birmingham New Street}}, {{stnlnk|Peterborough}}, {{stnlnk|Stevenage}}, {{stnlnk|Ipswich}}, {{rws|Stansted Airport}}, {{rws|Brighton}} and {{rws|Gatwick Airport}}.

The station has direct rail links to London with termini at {{rws|London King's Cross}} (via the [[Cambridge Line]] and the [[East Coast Main Line]]), {{rws|Liverpool Street}} (on the [[West Anglia Main Line]]) and {{rws|St Pancras}} (on the [[Thameslink]] line). Fast trains to London King's Cross run every half-hour during peak hours, with a journey time of 53 minutes, and these are supplemented by semi-fast trains to Brighton via London St Pancras, and slow trains to London King's Cross.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/-/media/goahead/gtr-all-timetables/gn-timetables---10-dec-2017-to-19-may-2018/gn1712a06-web.pdf|title=Train Timetables|publisher=Great Northern|access-date=17 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113093145/https://www.greatnorthernrail.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/-/media/goahead/gtr-all-timetables/gn-timetables---10-dec-2017-to-19-may-2018/gn1712a06-web.pdf|archive-date=13 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The station's original line to London was to {{rws|Bishopsgate}}, via {{rws|Bishops Stortford}}.

A second railway station, [[Cambridge North railway station|Cambridge North]], opened on 21 May 2017; it was originally planned to open in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/first-train-arrives-cambridge-north-13067120|title=First train arrives at Cambridge North station – but it took 30 years to get there|last1=Brown|first1=Raymond|date=21 May 2017|access-date=21 May 2017|newspaper=Cambridge Evening News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521113715/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/first-train-arrives-cambridge-north-13067120|archive-date=21 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/PICTURES-step-opening-Cambridges-second-railway-station-work-starts-guided-busway-extension/story-22370634-detail/story.html|title=PICTURES: First step towards opening of Cambridge's second railway station as work starts on guided busway extension|date=23 July 2014|work=Cambridge News|access-date=15 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905005943/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/PICTURES-step-opening-Cambridges-second-railway-station-work-starts-guided-busway-extension/story-22370634-detail/story.html|archive-date=5 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Cambridges-new-railway-station-to-open-in-2015-21022012.htm|title=Cambridge's new railway station 'to open in 2015'|date=21 February 2012|newspaper=Cambridge News|access-date=27 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224071720/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/Cambridges-new-railway-station-to-open-in-2015-21022012.htm|archive-date=24 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> A third railway station, {{rws|Cambridge South}}, near Addenbrooke's Hospital is now under construction;<ref>{{cite news |last=Cox |first=Tara |title=2025 opening for Cambridge South station is 'unacceptable' |url=https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambridge-south-station-james-palmer-14664599 |access-date=31 May 2018 |publisher=Local World |date=16 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517010234/https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/cambridge-south-station-james-palmer-14664599 |archive-date=17 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> it is expected to open in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/cambridge-south-stations-preferred-location-s |title=Cambridge South station's preferred location selected |publisher=Network Rail |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-date=25 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625003251/https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/cambridge-south-stations-preferred-location-s |url-status=live}}</ref> The former station of {{rws|Cherryhinton}}, for [[Cherry Hinton]], operated when it was separate village to Cambridge.

Several railway lines were closed during the 1960s, including the [[Cambridge and St Ives branch line]], the [[Stour Valley Railway]], the [[Cambridge to Mildenhall railway]] and the [[Varsity Line]] to [[Oxford railway station|Oxford]].