From Monday 3rd July, in a move to reflect its strong collaboration and partnership approach, the Greater Cambridge City Deal will become known as the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), with a revised strapline of ‘Growing and Sharing Prosperity’, continuing to deliver the City Deal for Greater Cambridge. It will also be launching a new website to incorporate its refreshed values and vision and provide an improved user experience.
 
The partnership of local councils, the Local Enterprise Partnership and University of Cambridge, has secured hundreds of millions of pounds of funding over the coming years to help keep Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire successful, world-changing and special, by tackling the key issues that could prevent this. The partnership will also consider new and improved governance arrangements including introduction of ‘working groups’ earlier in the life-cycle of schemes, drawing on the energy and expertise of Assembly members to represent the views of local people, business and academia. Full article can be found here

Cambridgeshire County Council want your views on possible locations for a new foot and cycle bridge over the Great Ouse in the north of St Neots. Have your say and find out more by visiting www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/stneotsbridge where you can find a link to the consultation and upcoming exhibition dates. The deadline to have your say is Monday 7th August 2017.

An application form needs to be completed to qualify for the Travel for Cambridgeshire (TfC) 10% rail discount on monthly and annual season tickets.
 
Early this month, staff at the Cambridge Main Station and Ely Station have been provided with the up-to date list of companies in the Travel Plan Plus (TP+) area to benefit from the 10% discount through TfC and TP+. If your company is not on the list of eligible companies, please email us on info@travelplanplus.org.uk and we will update our list and notify both stations.

During peak hours, journeys from Cambridge North Station (CNS) to Cambridge Main Station (CMS) train can take anywhere between 5 to 8 minutes. A much quicker way to get from north Cambridge to the City Centre!
 
Fares from CNS to the CMS are as follows:
Weekdays:

• Anytime Day Single = £2.30 (standard); £3.70 (first class);
• Anytime Day Return = £2.90 (standard); £4.70 (first class);
• 1 Month = £73; (with TfC 10% discount = £65.70).

Weekends:

• Super Off Peak Single = £1.80 (standard);
• Off Peak Day Return (after 0830) = £2.40 (standard);
• Super Off Peak Day Return = £1.90 (standard).

Fares from CNS to Ely station are as follows:
Weekdays:

• Anytime Day Single = £4.40 (standard); £7.10 (first class);
• Anytime Day Return = £6.90 (standard); £11.10 (first class);
• 1 Month = £116.35; (with TfC 10% discount = £104.72). 

Travel for Cambridgeshire discount is available on the monthly and annual season tickets from the CMS and Ely ticketing office.

A Cambridge PLUSBUS ticket gives you unlimited bus travel on all bus services run by Stagecoach and Whippet (including Busway services), around the whole urban area of Cambridge city. The scheme covers both stations: Cambridge Main Station (CMS) and Cambridge North Station, with no changes to the zone boundaries. In terms of Busway services, the zone covers journeys out as far as Oakington.
 
A PLUSBUS ticket costs a set amount (Adult: £3.50, Child: £1.75, Railcard holder: £2.30), in addition to your train fare. The daily, weekly and monthly tickets can be purchased from CMS ticket office. Just for June and July, prices start from as little as £2 a day with online offer and children (aged 5-15 years) pay half-fare for a one-day PLUSBUS ticket.
 
For information on Stations which offer PLUSBUS scheme, see here