A new station has been confirmed by the Department for Transport for Cambridge South, with aid of funding worth £200 million.

It will be convenient for the Biomedical Campus, which is the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe, and also near 4,000 new houses. Trains calling at Cambridge South will include those on East West Rail from Bedford.

The four-platform station is intended to be completed by 2025. The DfT added that 300 jobs will be created by the construction project, and the station is expected to be used by 1.8 million passengers annually.

Rail minister Huw Merriman 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.’

’During construction, 300 new jobs will be created in the local area and once delivered, the station will act as a key transport link between the biomedical campus and international gateways such as Stansted Airport and the Eurostar, boosting the travel network right across the region.’

Cambridge South will be the second new station for the university city in less than a decade. Cambridge North was opened in 2017.