THE UK is getting another huge train station, set to open next year.
Train journeys in Cambridgeshire are set to improve when Cambridge South Station opens in 2025.
The brand-new train station is currently being built next to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and hospitals in the city like Addenbrookes.
Construction work started on the site in January 2023 after plans were approved by the Department for Transport one month earlier.
According to Network Rail Anglia, the station roof has been installed on the western station building.
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Work is also being carried out on the foundations for the eastern station building, which will be erected soon.
Roads and crossings will also need to be modified before the station can open to the public next year.
The total project is estimated to cost £183.6million with the two-storey station set to include four platforms, a ticket office and lifts.
There will also be retail space, pedestrian access and room for 1,000 bicycles.
Once complete Cambridge South Station will provide links to central London, Birmingham and Stansted Airport.
It is also hoped that East West Rail services from Bedford to Cambridge could also serve the station in the future - although part of the new route is still being planned and connections to Cambridge are a long way off.
Train operator Greater Anglia will manage the station, with other train companies expected to call at Cambridge South Station subject to timetabling.
Other new train stations
Cambridge isn't the only part of the UK that's set to benefit from a new train station.
Several brand-new train stations will open across the West Midlands, including Moseley Village Train Station.
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Moseley Village Train Station first opened to the public in 1867 before closing down in 1941 as a wartime economy measure.
It will be one of three stations to reopen along the Camp Hill line in Birmingham, with the other two stations being Pineapple Road and Kings Heath.
The new stations will provide regular train services into Birmingham New Street.
Northern Ireland will also benefit from a huge new transport hub when Belfast Grand Central eventually opens.
The £340million station will have eight platforms and 26 bus stands with the capacity to cater up to 20 million passengers each year.
There will also be a retail and leisure space, as well as a new public square for outdoor performances and community events.
Meanwhile, Aldridge station in Walsall, West Midlands, is also set to reopen following a £30million revamp.
While the station closed to passengers in 1965, its tracks have routinely been used by freight services.
Earlier this year, plans were put forward to transform London Waterloo - the third busiest train station in the UK.
The proposals detailed new entrances, increased space on the station's concourses and new shops and restaurants.
