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By: - 16th April 2015 at 23:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
You are aware that the place that buses from the station leave from has moved around the corner and down the road some distance, since the redevelopment of the area? You might have been waiting in the wrong place last year. If in doubt, go to the Crown Plaza hotel ( a short walk), which is another stop the shuttle bus makes.
Matt
(Cambridge resident)
By: - 17th April 2015 at 07:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Good to know. ;)
By: - 17th April 2015 at 08:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Just a note, there is no Crowne Plaza and and hasn't been for some years now. It is now called the Cambridge City Hotel
Mike
(Observant Cambridge resident)
By: - 17th April 2015 at 09:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
God help you at the moment if you want to get anywhere near Cambridge station by road and/or park It may be finished by July but probably not.
By: - 17th April 2015 at 09:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Parking tip. Office car park next to the 'flying pig' pub. If you put it in one of the KPMG visitor parking bays before you reach the 'private' signs then you're ok all day! There's only nine bays, but they are rarely all used on a Saturday (and as far as I know not at all by visitors to KPMG). Point taken on the new, imaginative name for the hotel. But ask any local (if you can find one in July) for the Crowne Plaza and they'll point you there!
By: - 17th April 2015 at 23:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
You are aware that the place that buses from the station leave from has moved around the corner and down the road some distance
I was NOT! :) Is that the road up to the left on exiting the station, with the many(ahem!)-bus stops?
By: - 18th April 2015 at 10:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
You must have missed something. There were less people due to the shabby weather. Its still basically the same place, same bus, same people :D
By: - 18th April 2015 at 15:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Not so sure. The old stops in front of the station were decommissioned two or three years ago and replaced by stops along a new bus-only access road in front of Spiller's Mill, to the left as you exit the station as described by Herky. Unless the DX bus left from somewhere else? Have to admit I've only ever caught it from the hotel stop.
By: - 18th April 2015 at 16:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Hi As one that's uses the shuttle bus from the railway station.I have not seen it pick up or drop off at the named hotel above for years. Taken from the Duxford web site.
"A free courtesy bus runs from Cambridge to IWM Duxford on Air Show days. The bus departs at regular intervals from Cambridge Railway Station and Trumpington Park & Ride at Junction 11 of the M11 from 8.30am and then every 30 minutes until approximately 1.30pm. Buses will return to both Cambridge railway station and to the Park & Ride at regular intervals from 3pm and then every 30 minutes, with the last bus leaving IWM Duxford at 6.30pm. Timings of buses may be affected by local road traffic congestion.
Please note that parking charges may apply at Trumpington Park & Ride."
By: - 18th April 2015 at 16:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Hi The bus as been parked in the road across from the bike park.
By: - 18th April 2015 at 17:12 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Fair enough. Must have stopped doing the hotel stop then. It used to!
By: - 19th April 2015 at 09:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Not on a show day, I caught a service bus from the road to the left of the station exit, there was about 5 stops and it seemed bus only, with a lot of building work opposite. It used to take about 45mins went round robin thru the hospital, but when planning a visit whilst on holiday last easter, was told the buses had stopped that service? to the biggest attraction in the area...
By: - 19th April 2015 at 09:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I think the number 7 service still runs to Duxford village, from the redevelopment area stops to the left described before.. Route here: http://www.travelineeastanglia.org.uk/ea/XSLT_TTB_REQUEST?language=en&command=direct&net=ea&line=20007&sup=A&project=y08&outputFormat=0&itdLPxx_displayHeader=false&itdLPxx_sessionID=EAEM_97_49571734&lineVer=1&itdLPxx_spTr=1
By: - 19th April 2015 at 09:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Citi-7 bus to the museum stopped when the council sold their shares in the museum site several years ago. From Cambridge you can get the train to Whittlesford Parkway Station, about 10-12 minutes duration, then walk to the museum, about 25 minutes even on air show day's.
Brian
By: - 19th April 2015 at 12:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yep. But the Citi-7 bus to Duxford village, as per the council website timetable I posted above, will do unless one has serious mobility problems. It gets you closer than the train.
By: - 19th April 2015 at 12:58 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The Citi-7 bus to the museum stopped when the council sold their shares in the museum site several years ago. From Cambridge you can get the train to Whittlesford Parkway Station, about 10-12 minutes duration, then walk to the museum, about 25 minutes even on air show day's.Brian
yes I,ve done the train and walk, a couple of times last year. The walk is good, even got 3-4 photo's off the motorway bridge 0f 2 a/c running up at the end of the runway.
By: - 19th April 2015 at 13:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
To re-iterate in case of confusion. The bus is STILL RUNNING. It has not been stopped by the council. It doesn't stop outside the museum entrance any more. But it goes to the village, and the airfield is on the edge of the village. It leaves from the station. As does the shuttle on show days. Where the station stop is is subject to change, as the area is developed. But the busses still run.
By: - 19th April 2015 at 13:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
To re-iterate in case of confusion. The bus is STILL RUNNING. It has not been stopped by the council. It doesn't stop outside the museum entrance any more. But it goes to the village, and the airfield is on the edge of the village. It leaves from the station. As does the shuttle on show days. Where the station stop is is subject to change, as the area is developed. But the busses still run.
There's also a Sunday only service, No132 which stops directly at the museum and leaves from Stop 3 at Cambridge Railway station. I believe it runs every 2 hours, so not that frequent, but may be useful for anybody planning a visit and wanting to save a walk or expensive taxi ride.
By: - 19th April 2015 at 13:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
There is also a Go Whippet bus service from Babraham Road Park & Ride. www.go-whippetSERVICE-7a.pdf It stops at 'Heathfield - Opp Garage' which is the stop behind the American Air Museum.
Brian
By: - 19th April 2015 at 23:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Many thanks for all the info, guys.
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By: herky10 - 16th April 2015 at 23:05
A bit of advice needed:
OK - in many previous years I have used the shuttle bus from Cambridge Railway Station straight to Duxford for "Flying Legends" - always lots of punters queueing up. LAST year, I turned up at the usual place and time (8 am), only to find NO bus, and NO queue. Ended up having to share a taxi with a Dutch gentleman, who was also looking for the bus (the local plod having no clue).
Can anyone offer any idea as to a). Was there a change of arrangements last year, which I missed? and b). Will the shuttle bus run this year?
Many thanks.