Public transport

Whaddon is not presently well-served by public transport, but the Parish Council is trying to improve things. See Royston & District Community Transport below for a local community transport scheme; see Camshare below for information about car-sharing into Cambridge.

Bus Timetable

New service

The big news is that Whaddon got a twice-daily bus service from 12 April 2010. The draft timetable is available here! This service is being put on for an experimental period of six months by the County Council and Whaddon Parish Council.

Wednesday only service to Royston

Whaddon bus shelter - Church St. 09.40

Whaddon Meldreth Road 09.43

Royston to Whaddon Return, dep. 13.00

Other services are available in neighbouring villages.

Trains

The nearest railway stations are at Meldreth and Royston.

Services are provided by First Capital Connect.

Meldreth (distance 2.5 miles/ 3.75 km) has hourly (half hourly at peaks) stopping services to Cambridge and London King's Cross.

For users of Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton stations, a Rail User Group was formed in early 2010. Information about this group may be found on the Melbourn village web site.

Royston & District Community Transport

Address: Royston Hospital, London Road, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 9EN
Contact Number: 01763 245228 - 24hour (office open 9am-3pm)
Charge: Cars: £0.45 per mile travelled; minimum charge £3.50. Minibus and MPV journeys more (please phone)
Area Covered: Royston and surrounding area including villages in South Cambridgeshire. Membership is open to anyone who cannot use public transport for reasons of age, impaired mobility or lack of public transport through rural isolation.

Getting into Cambridge

Cambridge is the nearest city to Whaddon. It is possible to get buses and trains to Cambridge from neighbouring villages, but not from Whaddon. Driving into Cambridge is the favoured option for most people in the village, but parking in the city is not easy. There is a developed Park and Ride system in operation: see http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around/park_ride/

For getting to Addenbrookes Hospital, where there is never enough parking, there are special bus services which tie into the Park and Ride system: http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/around/park_ride/Addenbrookes+Hospital.htm

Commuting into Cambridge

Getting into Cambridge to work has been getting harder and hard as long as anyone can remember. So many of those driving are alone in a car. The Camshare scheme has been set up with many of the city's major employers to try and find a way of reducing traffice by car-sharing.

See http://www.camshare.info/