Birmingham To Cambridge By Bus
Overall you will find it is faster to travel by train between Birmingham and Cambridge especially if you take a direct service. The National Express service departs from Digbeth Central Coach Station. There are two direct coaches that take 3 ½ - 4 hours to make the journey between Birmingham and Cambridge. There are also nine indirect buses a day on the route where you need to change in Milton Keynes. The indirect journey between Birmingham and Cambridge takes a total of 4-5 hours. A single ticket costs 19.40 GBP and a return ticket is 30.40 GBP.
Online Booking
After booking online, you will be issued with an e-ticket, which you need to print out and take with you, or an m-ticket, which is sent to your mobile phone. Otherwise you can get at ticket at the bus station. Buses from Bath to Cambridge can be very crowded at times and there is no guarantee of a place unless you book in advance.
If you are looking for a good deal on accommodation, restaurants or other services in Cambridge it is worth checking this link to see what the deal of the day for Cambridge is.
Birmingham to Cambridge by Train
There is one direct train per hour from Birmingham New Street to Cambridge. Other trains (3-4 per hour) go via Milton Keynes (3 ½ hours) and Kings Cross (3 hours), where you have to change to a Cambridge service. It takes 2 ¾ hours and costs from 11 GBP single or 45.80 GBP for off peak return.
The UK train ticketing system is notoriously complicated. It is usually cheaper to buy your tickets up to 6pm on the day before you travel than on the day. And fares are more expensive if you travel before 09:30.
On arrival in Cambridge, it is a 15-minute walk to the town centre, or you can catch a taxi outside the station for around 5 GBP. There is also a bus that runs about every 10 minutes.
To walk, exit the station and continue along Station Road, which is directly in front of you. At the T-junction, turn right onto Hills Road, which takes you towards the city centre.
Cambridge Accommodation
If you are looking for a deal on accomodation on arrival in Cambridge why not check out some hotels deals:
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Cambridge Events
Strawberry Fair
(Sat 01st Jun, 2013)
Strawberry Fair is a free volunteer run community music, entertainments, arts and crafts fair. The Fair takes place every year in the first week of June and is set in the heart of Cambridge on Midsummer Common.
Cambridge Shakespeare festival
(Tue 09th Jul, 2013)
Eight week long festival celebrating the works of Shakespeare in a number of theatrical events around the historic city. The productions are vivid and spectacular, and are performed in full period costume with live Elizabethan music.
Cambridge Folk Festival
(Thu 25th Jul, 2013)
Cambridge Folk Festival is one of the premier music events in Europe and one of the longest running and most famous folk festivals in the world. It has become hugely popular and a regular sell out attracting ten thousand people, many of whom return year after year.