Since Cambridge South Opened, When Does a Transfer Still Make Sense?

We’ll be straight about this. Cambridge South station sits on the campus itself, beside the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, and for a good number of journeys the train is now the sensible choice. Stansted and Birmingham Airport are direct. Thameslink runs through to Luton Airport Parkway and Gatwick without a change.

A transfer earns its place on the journeys the timetable doesn’t cover:

Heathrow. There is no direct rail route from Cambridge to Heathrow. Rail means London, a change onto the Piccadilly or Elizabeth line, and luggage across the capital. For most long-haul departures a car is simply faster and less trouble.

Early departures and late arrivals. A 4am pickup for a first flight out, or a midnight landing after a delay, sits outside the service pattern entirely.

Visiting VIPs and international collaborators. Someone arriving from Boston or Basel who has never been to Cambridge shouldn’t be working out a rail connection at Heathrow. Met inside the terminal with a name board, straight to campus.

Groups. Three or four colleagues to the same conference costs less in one fixed-price car than four rail tickets, and arrives together.

Equipment and samples. Anything that can’t reasonably go on a train, or through a change at King’s Cross.

Journey Times from the Campus

• London Stansted Airport (STN): ~45 mins (via A1307 / M11)
• London Luton Airport (LTN): ~1 hr 05 mins (via A428 / A1 / M1)
• London City Airport (LCY): ~1 hr 20 mins (via M11 / A12)
• London Southend Airport (SEN): ~1 hr 25 mins (via M11 / A130)
• London Heathrow Airport (LHR): ~1 hr 30 mins (via M11 / M25)
• London Gatwick Airport (LGW): ~2 hrs 00 mins (via M11 / M25)
• Birmingham Airport (BHX): ~2 hrs 15 mins (via A14 / M6)

Pickup Anywhere on Campus

The campus covers a large site with many separate buildings, and we collect from wherever you actually are — a hospital entrance, a lab building, a hotel, or your home if you’re leaving from there.

Tell us the building when you book and your driver will be waiting outside it. For anyone new to the campus, we’ll confirm the pickup point by message before the journey so there’s no wandering between buildings with luggage.

Returning from the airport works the same way. Your driver takes you to the specific building you need, not to a general drop-off point.

What’s Included

• Fixed pricing — agreed at the point of booking. No surge charges, no drop-off premiums, no surprises.
• Live flight tracking — we monitor arrivals and adjust pickup times automatically. A delayed flight never costs you a missed pickup or a waiting charge.
• Meet and greet — arrivals met inside the terminal with a name board, useful for visiting collaborators who don’t know the airport.
• Consistent drivers — regular travellers can request the same driver.
• 24/7 operation — early departures and late landings are routine, not exceptions.
• Fully electric fleet — Tesla, BMW and Mercedes. Quiet, comfortable, zero tailpipe emissions.

Corporate Accounts

Organisations on the campus can open a business account with fixed agreed rates, consolidated monthly invoicing, and cost centre coding for finance. Bookings take about two minutes and we handle everything after that — no expense claims for individual journeys.

Account holders receive an annual carbon certificate detailing journeys taken and emissions avoided against an equivalent diesel vehicle, ready for Scope 3 business travel reporting.

We also plant a tree for every journey through our reforestation partners.

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Serving the Whole Campus

Addenbrooke’s Hospital · Royal Papworth Hospital · The Rosie Hospital · AstraZeneca Discovery Centre · MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute · Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science · University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine · Abcam · and the surrounding Trumpington and Hills Road area.

The campus continues to grow. GSK is building a new flagship R&D centre on Discovery Drive, bringing more than 1,000 scientists to Cambridge in a phased move completing by 2029.

Book Your Transfer

Get a fixed-price quote online, or call to arrange a transfer or open an account.

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