Topic summary
Cambridge station
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Cambridge railway station.
Up to 1923
The Midland Railway built a line from Kettering to Huntingdon which opened in 1866 and services ran to Cambridge using running powers over the Huntingdon to St Ives line. In 1866, the GNR reapplied to run services from King's Cross, as the lease on the line to Hitchin was ending. Initially the GER opposed this but eventually agreement was reached and, from 1 April 1866, services started operating between Cambridge and King's Cross from a dedicated platform at Cambridge station.