Cambridge

Cambridge Station

The Cambridge railway station is a railway station in Cambridge, England, in the east of England. Located 1 mile southeast of Cambridge city centre, Cambridge Station is the busiest train station in East England. In 2011/12, 8.8 million passengers got on and off the bus. The building at Cambridge Station itself is a Grade II listed building.

It is the northern terminus of the West Anglia Route and is 55 miles (59.6 km) from the southern finish line of London Liverpool Street.

Station Facilities

• Service Desk
• Taxi stand
• Car Rental
• Accessible Channel

Railway Service

Departing from Cambridge by train,

• Railway operator: Great Northern

(1) Direct train to King's Cross Station in London - 2 shifts per hour (2) Travel to London Kings Crossing Station via Royston, Letchworth and Hatfield (3) Go to Kings Lynn train station via Ely (Kings Lynn station via Ely)

• Railway operator: Greater Anglia

(1) Travel to London Liverpool Street Station via Audley End, Bishops Stortford and Harlow - 2 times per hour (2) Go to Ipswich, Ipswich, via Newmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (1 shift per hour) (3) Travel to Norwich Station, Norwich, via Ely, Thetford and Wymondham (1 per hour)

• Railway operator: Thameslink

(1) Travel to Brighton Station via St Pancras International Station, Farrington Station, Thames City Station, Blackfriars Station, London Bridge Station, East Croydon Station and Gatwick Airport Station (No more than Gatwick Airport on Sunday)    2 trains per hour from Monday to Friday and 1 train per hour on weekends

• Railway operator: Cross Country

(1) Travel to Birmingham Station via Erie, March, Petersburg, Leicester and Nuneaton (1 per hour) (2) Go to Stansted Airport (1 shift per hour)

Traffic in the city

Several local bus services at Stagecoach and Whippet Coaches in Cambridge stop in the southwest of the main building. There are 9 stations connecting the train station to the city centre and other parts of Cambridge, including the Addenbrooke Hospital and surrounding areas. The south of the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway is directly connected to the station, allowing buses to travel from Trumpton to Trumpington via St. Ives and Huntington in St. Ives. The bus also departs from the station to Sawston and Saffron Walden. The taxi stand is located outside the main entrance.

Longon Heathrow Airport Central Station

Heathrow Airport Central Station

Heathrow Airport Terminals 2 and 3, also known as Heathrow Airport Central Station.

This line provides direct service to Heathrow Express trains and local TfL trains in central London. It is about 14 miles (22.5 km) from Paddington, London to Heathrow Airport.

The London Travel Card does not apply to the Heathrow Express service at the station. Passengers who transfer between any terminal at Heathrow Airport can use the train for free.

Railway Service

• Heathrow Express, usually every 15 minutes.
• TfL railway, usually runs every half hour.

Traffic in the city

Heathrow Airport Central Station is close to London Underground Heathrow Airport Terminals 2 and 3.

Heathrow Airport Central Bus Station offers bus and coach services including London bus routes 105, 111, 140, 285, A10, U3, express routes

724 and X26 and night route N9.

Cambridge ( KAYM-brij) is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, its population was 123,867 including 24,506 students. Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking ages, and there is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area as early as the Bronze Age. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951. The University of Cambridge was founded in 1209. The buildings of the university include King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library, one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world. The city's skyline is dominated by several college buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, and the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital. Anglia Ruskin University, which evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. Over 40 per cent of the workforce have a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, is soon to house premises of AstraZeneca, a hotel, and the relocated Papworth Hospital.The first game of association football took place at Parker's Piece. The Strawberry Fair music and arts festival and Midsummer Fair are held on Midsummer Common, and the annual Cambridge Beer Festival takes place on Jesus Green. The city is adjacent to the M11 and A14 roads. Cambridge station is less than an hour from London King's Cross railway station.

Heathrow Airport, also known as London Heathrow (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL), is a major international airport in London, United Kingdom. Heathrow is the second busiest airport in the world (after Dubai International Airport) by international passenger traffic, as well as the busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic, and the seventh busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic. It is one of six international airports serving Greater London. In 2018, it handled a record 80.1 million passengers, a 2.7% increase from 2017 as well as 477,604 aircraft movements, an increase of 1,821 from 2017.Heathrow lies 14 miles (23 km) west of Central London, and has two parallel east–west runways along with four operational terminals on a site that covers 12.27 square kilometres (4.74 sq mi). The airport is owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings, which itself is owned by FGP TopCo Limited, an international consortium led by Ferrovial that also includes Qatar Holding LLC, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, GIC Private Limited, Alinda Capital Partners, China Investment Corporation and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). London Heathrow is the primary hub for British Airways and the primary operating base for Virgin Atlantic. In September 2012, the Government of the United Kingdom established the Airports Commission, an independent commission chaired by Sir Howard Davies to examine various options for increasing capacity at UK airports. In July 2015, the commission backed a third runway at Heathrow, which the government approved in October 2016.