Watford

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.

Watford ( ) is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, South East England, 15 miles (24 km) northwest of central London. The town developed on the River Colne on land belonging to St Albans Abbey until the 16th century. During the 12th century a charter was granted allowing a market, and the building of St Mary's Church began. The town grew partly due to travellers going to Berkhamsted Castle and the royal palace at Kings Langley. A mansion was built at Cassiobury in the 16th century. This was partly rebuilt in the 17th century and another country house was built at The Grove. The Grand Junction Canal in 1798 and the London and Birmingham Railway in 1837 resulted in Watford's rapid growth, with paper-making mills such as John Dickinson at Croxley, influencing the development of printing in the town. Two brewers, Benskins and Sedgwicks, amalgamated and flourished in the town until their closure in the late 20th century. Hertfordshire County Council designates Watford to be a major sub-regional centre. Several head offices are based in Watford. Both the 2006 World Golf Championship and the 2013 Bilderberg Conference took place at The Grove.Watford became an urban district under the Local Government Act 1894 and a municipal borough by grant of a charter in 1922. The borough, which had 90,301 inhabitants at the time of the 2011 census, is separated from Greater London to the south by the parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District. Watford Borough Council is the local authority with the Mayor of Watford as its head; one of only 18 directly elected mayors in England and Wales. Watford elects one MP for the Watford constituency. Prior to the establishment of this constituency in 1885, the area was part of the three-seat constituency of Hertfordshire.

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.