It will link Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Biomedical Campus in the south to Cambridge North railway station and the business and science parks.
Once completed, the trail will provide a 26 kilometre route from Trumpington to St Ives.
[1] The route follows current and former rail infrastructure and largely avoids conflicts with car traffic.
It includes the new Abbey Chesterton bridge for bicycles and pedestrians across the River Cam, installed in November 2020.
[6][7] The first section from Cambridge Science Park to Coldham's Lane including the new bridge over the Cam, opened on 23 December 2021.