Route

London to Cambridge

3 ways to get from London to Cambridge

LondonLondon Liverpool StreetCambridgeCambridge (some services to Cambridge North)

LondonCambridge

Regional train1h 12
London Liverpool StreetCambridge (some services to Cambridge North)
Bus1h 15
London Victoria Coach StationCambridge Parkside bus station
Transfer~1h 33 est.
any addressany address

Drawn from the connection data on this page — not an illustration.

Journey times, operators and connections for the routes we cover. You book with the operator; we show you who runs it and how long it takes.

Journey times and carriers on this route.

Regional train1h 12

LondonLondon Liverpool StreetCambridgeCambridge (some services to Cambridge North)

direct, 2 trains per hour off-peak Monday-Friday

Greater Anglia

Bus1h 15

LondonLondon Victoria Coach StationCambridgeCambridge Parkside bus station

direct, roughly 2 coaches per day - a genuinely lower frequency than the National Express London-Manchester or London-Birmingham corridors

National Express

Transfer~1h 33 est. drive

Londonany addressCambridgeany address

door to door

Private road transfer — availability and price depend on the provider; this is not an offer

The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.

Hours
This route runs only about twice a day, far less frequent than the 27-times-daily Manchester service or the roughly-every-30-minutes Birmingham service in this file - a traveller assuming National Express coach frequency is uniform across all English city pairs would be wrong.
en.wikipedia.org · checked 2026-09-10
Easy to get wrong
A separate direct route to Cambridge also exists from London King's Cross via the Greater Thameslink Railway/Great Northern network - this file only documents the Greater Anglia Liverpool Street route with confirmed sourcing, but a traveller near King's Cross should be aware a competing direct option exists from a different London terminus.
greateranglia.co.uk · checked 2026-09-10
Easy to get wrong
The fastest advertised journey time of around 1h15m is achieved only on the fastest scheduled departure with light traffic; typical journeys run closer to 1h40m and can add up to 45 minutes more during rush hour, per the same route description.
en.wikipedia.org · checked 2026-09-10
Where to go
Some workings terminate at Cambridge North rather than the main Cambridge station in the city centre - a traveller booked to 'Cambridge' without checking the specific stop can end up at the wrong end of town from the historic centre and colleges.
greateranglia.co.uk · checked 2026-09-10