CAST.IRON - Stage 1A (Summary)

Stage 1A map - Service between Swavesey and the Science Park

Stage 1A is the very beginning of the CAST.IRON reopening plan.

  • Pilot service, from Swavesey to CRC / Cambridge Science Park
  • £7 Million construction cost, 9 months' construction time
  • Weekday rush hour service
  • 20 minute intervals
  • Connecting buses to the city centre
  • 70mph single track line
  • 2 trains, 196 passenger capacity each
  • Provision for wheelchairs and bicycles
  • Fully equipped platforms and shelters at stations
  • Manual level crossings for this stage

Stage 1A - Detailed Plans


Next - Stage 1B [summary] [detail]


Britain's First Community Commuter Railway - www.castiron.org.uk

Site last modified March 2007