Determine what your options are regarding tickets and travel passes. If you book a BritRail Pass before you leave the United States, you can take advantage of unlimited travel on consecutive days. If you buy at a United Kingdom railway station, you can buy single and round-trip tickets. You can contact BritRail from the United States by calling (866) BRITRAIL. You can also book train travel from Cambridge to York by calling Rail Europe at (888) 382-RAIL or by visiting the link below.
Obtain a train schedule before you book. These can be printed online, requested from any train station agent or viewed as posted at the Cambridge station.
Travel spontaneously and buy your tickets with cash on the train if you prefer to leave travel plans to the last minute.
Ask your hotel concierge to call a cab for you, or hail one if you feel lucky and time is not of the essence.
Walk to the Cambridge Station if you are close to the depot on Station Street or if you are traveling especially light. It's a short walk from downtown.
Arrive 20 to 30 minutes before your scheduled departure.
Review your itinerary before or upon boarding in Cambridge, and remind yourself of when and where you will be changing trains. English trains don't stay very long at any one stop.
Change trains at Peterborough to follow the most direct route to York. You can also choose to travel to London and then switch to the high speed train to take you north.
Walk 10 minutes from the York train station to that city's ancient center to do a little sightseeing in York.
Catch a cab or bus into town. Most larger English cities have bus stops and taxi stands right outside the main entrance to the train station. If you need transportation and can't find what you need, ask an agent at the station.
