The opening of a new £211million station in a famous UK city has been pushed back as the project starts to take shape. Cambridge South station was scheduled to open later this year, but is now set to open in 2026. Officials have said this is down to a delay to the city's re-signalling project and East Coast Main Line timetable changes. A letter from to stakeholders claimed the latter "will be essential to allow the operation of services at Cambridge South station".

The letter said: "These two projects have had a significant influence on our plans to bring Cambridge South into service. If both milestones are successfully delivered as planned in December 2025, we will be able to open the new station in early 2026." Officials then said that, while "later than originally planned", the and timetable upgrades will "ensure Cambridge South is fully equipped to meet the needs of the biomedical campus, the local community, and the wider region for years to come", reports.

Officials say the fact that the station will have four platforms will reduce delays, and help to accommodate the planned East West Rail route connecting Oxford, Milton Keynes, Bedford and Cambridge. This has the backing of the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves.

The site is next to a nature reserve, and the building has solar panels and wildflowers on its roof. It also does not have a car park.

It will be adjacent to a guided busway system, and connected with nearby cycleways and footpaths.

The railway around Cambridge was reopened on January 6, marking the completion of "critical" engineering work over a twelve-day closure of the mainline over Christmas.

Network Rail said: "Contractors from the South Rail Systems Alliance (SRSA) completely rebuilt Shepreth branch junction as part of the wider station project.

"The remodelling of this junction will deliver better passenger journeys in future, increasing the line speed from 50mph (from 30mph) through the junction as part of a future commissioning stage of the Cambridge Resignalling programme."

Officials added: "At the station itself, track connections at either end of the station were reconfigured into their final alignments, connecting the final two tracks which will serve the four-platform station.

"Murphys completed work to surface the island platform and installed the secondary footbridge at the southern end of the platform while continuing to fit-out the inside of the station buildings which will continue into the new year."