Waterbeach (WBC)
Waterbeach station, Station Road, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9HT
Station Information
Ticket Office
Opening Hours
No
Ticket Machines
Yes
Collect tickets bought online
- Collect tickets at Ticket Machine
Accessible ticket machines
Yes
All Great Northern ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts.
Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.
Induction loop
Yes
Smartcards
Smartcards issued at this station
No
Smartcard tickets
- No
Smartcard validators
No
Smartcard note
For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Great Northern website.
Information Available From Staff
- Yes - from help point
Customer Information
- Departure Screens
- Announcements
Information Services Opening Times
- Information Services Opening Times Monday to Sunday: No
Staff Help Available
- Staff Help Available Monday to Sunday: No
Customer Help Points
Yes
The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Help Points.
Customer Services Notes
Assistance can be provided via the help points, located on the platforms, at all times of the day.
Luggage Storage
No
Lost Property
Yes
If you have lost something at a Great Northern station or onboard a Great Northern train, please visit the Great Northern website and use the webform to register your lost item.
Some Great Northern trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below). You should consider logging your lost item with them, just in case it's been handed in at one of their stations.
If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.
CCTV at the Station
Yes
Station Accessibility
Step-free access
Some step-free access to all platforms - please check details.
This is a Category B2 station: Step-free access to both platforms via separate entrances . Access between platforms via level crossing (over 400m apart).
The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Help Points.
This station does not have tactile surfaces along all platform edges. Please pay attention to where the platform surface changes from smooth to paved or contact us for assistance.
Ticket barriers and gates
No
Accessible ticket machines
Yes
All Great Northern ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts.
Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.
Induction loop
Yes
Ramp for train access
No
It is not possible to provide level access between train and platform at this station.
Accessible Toilets
No
Waiting rooms
Yes
Unheated waiting shelters are available on the platforms.
Seating area
Yes
Wheelchairs available
No
Getting to and from the station
Accessible taxis here
No
Impaired mobility set down/pick-up point
No
Accessible spaces
4 spaces
Free parking is offered to all Blue Badge holders.
Please ensure that your Blue Badge is displayed at all times when parking at any Thameslink, Southern or Great Northern station car parks.
If dedicated Blue Badge bays are occupied, please park within any available standard bay (excluding premier bays) and display your Blue Badge.
Staff Help
Staff help available
- Staff help available Monday to Sunday: No
Customer Help Points and Meeting Point
Yes
The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Help Points.
Helpline
- Helpline Monday to Sunday: Yes
The assisted helpline is not available on Christmas Day.
Assistance can be pre booked up to two hours before departure by contacting Assisted Travel.
This station is unstaffed and trains calling at this station do not have on board staff.
You can arrange assistance on by:
Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point
Calling our freephone number: 0800 058 2844
Texting us on 0800 138 1018
Whether you pre book assistance or travel on a 'turn up and go' basis, we recommend arriving 20 minutes prior to your train departing. This is to allow us to make sure arrangements are in place at your destination, or interchange, station such as the availability of staff and lifts. If there is insufficient time to check these arrangements, we may assist you onto the next available train.
For further information on assisted travel please see:
Toilets
No
Accessible Toilets
No
Baby Changing
No
Waiting Rooms
Yes
Unheated waiting shelters are available on the platforms.
Seating Area
Yes
Operator
APCOA Parking UK
Car Parking Availability
- Car Parking Availability Monday to Sunday: Yes
Spaces
82 spaces
Accessible spaces
4 spaces
Free parking is offered to all Blue Badge holders.
Please ensure that your Blue Badge is displayed at all times when parking at any Thameslink, Southern or Great Northern station car parks.
If dedicated Blue Badge bays are occupied, please park within any available standard bay (excluding premier bays) and display your Blue Badge.
Impaired mobility set down/pick up points available
No
Car park CCTV
No
Refreshment Facilities
No
Pay Phones
No
Public Wi-Fi
No
There is no WIFI at this station. However, WIFI is available onboard trains which serve this station. More information about onboard WIFI can be found on the Great Northern website.
Bicycle Storage
Spaces
12 spaces
Type of Storage
Stands
Location
Located in the car park and platform 2.
Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.
CCTV
Yes
Bicycle Hire
Cycle Hire Information
There are no cycle hire facilities at this station
More Information
Transport Links
Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.
Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.