Waterbeach railway station
Railway station in Cambridgeshire, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Waterbeach railway station is on the Fen line in the east of England, serving the village of Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire. It is 61 miles 1 chain (98.2 km) measured from London Liverpool Street and 63 miles 29 chains (102 km) from London King's Cross; it is situated between Cambridge North and Ely stations. Its three-letter station code is WBC.
General information | |||||
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Location | Waterbeach, South Cambridgeshire England | ||||
Grid reference | TL500650 | ||||
Owned by | Network Rail | ||||
Managed by | Great Northern | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | WBC | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Eastern Counties Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
30 July 1845 | Opened[1] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2018/19 | 0.408 million | ||||
2019/20 | 0.378 million | ||||
2020/21 | 0.100 million | ||||
2021/22 | 0.265 million | ||||
2022/23 | 0.309 million | ||||
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The station and most trains calling are operated by Great Northern, with limited peak services being operated by Greater Anglia.
Waterbeach station is unstaffed, and has only basic waiting shelters on each of the two platforms. All the station buildings have been demolished. The platforms are staggered on each side of a half barrier level crossing. Until electrification and the automation of the crossing, the platforms were located opposite each other.