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Cambridge North railway Station is a proposed railway station that will be located in the Cambridge suburb of Chesterton, close to Cambridge Science Park. The official proposal from Cambridgeshire County Council, which has the backing of the rail industry, is to locate the station at Chesterton Sidings on the Fen Line, which runs from Cambridge to King's Lynn. The station will connect to the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway and provide an interchange with Park & Ride and local Stagecoach bus services. The station was approved in December 2013. Construction commenced in July 2014 and the station is due to be operational by December 2016. The currently proposed name for the station is Cambridge North, but it has also been referred to as Cambridge Science Park station and Chesterton station. ==Proposal== The new station would complement the existing Cambridge station off Hills Road to the south of the city by serving locations to the north east of Cambridge, being within walking distance of Cambridge Science Park. The station would provide an interchange with Park & Ride and local Stagecoach bus services. Construction costs have been estimated at £21–£24 million,〔 and a preliminary business case indicates a benefit-cost ratio of 9.6:1. The name of the station is currently under discussion; both "Cambridge Science Park" and "Chesterton" have been used at various states of development, and a public consultation has proposed alternatives such as "Chesterton Interchange", "Cambridge Fen", or "Cambridge North".〔(Cambridge Northern Fringe East area action plan: Issues and options consultation ) (8 December 2014)〕 The possibility of naming it after a person has also been raised, with local politicians suggesting it be named for Stephen Hawking.〔(Could new rail station for Cambridge be named after Prof Stephen Hawking? ), ''Cambridge News'', 7 November 2014〕 In March 2015 Cambridgeshire County Council recommended the station should be called Cambridge North instead of Cambridge Science Park.〔http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/New-train-station-north-Cambridge-called/story-26156964-detail/story.html〕 The station is due to be connected to the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway〔 providing access from Huntingdon, St Ives (including the Park & Ride site) and the proposed new town, Northstowe and nearby park and ride site.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New train station at Chesterton )〕 It will have space for 1000 bicycles and 450 cars.〔 The station has been designed by WS Atkins plc. The cladding of the building will feature a pierced design derived from Conway's Game of Life, a cellular automaton devised by John Horton Conway while he was a lecturer in mathematics at the University of Cambridge.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cambridge North railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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