Waterbeach railway station
Waterbeach 
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The northbound platform at Waterbeach
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| Location | |
| Place | Waterbeach |
| Local authority | South Cambridgeshire |
| Grid reference | TL500650 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WBC |
| Managed by | Great Northern |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.312 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.336 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.345 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.381 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.421 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Eastern Counties Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | London and North Eastern Railway |
| 30 July 1845 | Station opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Waterbeach from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Waterbeach is a railway station serving the large village of Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, England. The station lies on the Fen Line from Cambridge to King's Lynn, electrified at 25 kV AC overhead. The station is 61.01 mi (98.19 km) from London Liverpool Street via the West Anglia Main Line and 63.29 mi (101.86 km) from London King's Cross via the East Coast Main Line.
Waterbeach station is unstaffed, and has only basic waiting shelters on each of the two platforms. All 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.
Before electrification, British Rail services often did not stop at Waterbeach, or if they did stops would be unofficial. However, since electrification virtually all King's Lynn/Ely - Cambridge/London services have stopped there (the present timetable shows only three Monday - Friday in both directions not stopping there) passenger numbers surged, with people all across the area north of Cambridge in South Cambridgeshire using it as their primary station. As a result, passenger numbers are nearly as high as Downham Market, and the station sees a lot of parking problems .
Plans to develop a New Town of 8,000 to 9,000 homes on the former Waterbeach Barracks site have been outlined by South Cambridgeshire District Council. As part of the proposal, there are plans to relocate the station to a new site and extend the platforms to accommodate 12 car trains.
Waterbeach is served by two train operating companies, Great Northern and Greater Anglia, and therefore has service to different London terminals.
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