Thanks to Mike Prior-Jones for alerting this blog to a secret fares option allowing through tickets to St Ives via the busway - but only if you book the tickets from a travel agent or a staffed station. And only from stations served by Great Northern Trains. It works via Cambridge or Huntingdon, apparently, an railcard reductions are available.
Full details here.
The Cambridge News picked up this story, and their report includes some sort of "explanation" from Great Northern. And, thanks to Mike's work, GN say they're now advertising the journey on their website (whilst, in the same sentence, claiming that its existence was "no secret"...). Here's a link to the Cambridge News report:
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