Alresford train station
You can reach 21 stations directly from Alresford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Colchester, with 42 trains a day.
Alresford is the nearest station for postcodes in CO7. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Alresford
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester | 42 | 36 | 31 |
| Great Bentley | 42 | 36 | 31 |
| Thorpe-le-Soken | 42 | 36 | 31 |
| Wivenhoe | 42 | 36 | 31 |
| Hythe (Colchester) | 41 | 36 | 31 |
| Weeley | 37 | 35 | 0 |
| Colchester Town | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Frinton-on-Sea | 32 | 34 | 0 |
| Kirby Cross | 32 | 34 | 0 |
| Walton-on-the-Naze | 32 | 34 | 0 |
| Clacton-on-Sea | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| Chelmsford | 8 | 1 | 30 |
| London Liverpool Street | 8 | 1 | 30 |
| Stratford | 8 | 1 | 30 |
| Witham | 8 | 1 | 30 |
| Beaulieu Park | 6 | 1 | 30 |
| Hatfield Peverel | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvedon | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Shenfield | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| Marks Tey | 3 | 0 | 30 |
| Ingatestone | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Lines serving Alresford
Alresford is on the Sunshine Coast Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Alresford station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Alresford station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Alresford station is
97,088 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,775th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Alresford and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 26,912 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 14 stations instead of 21, a drop of about 33%. Saturday runs to 18.
Nearest other stations
- Wivenhoe 1.8 miles
- Great Bentley 2.9 miles
- Hythe (Colchester) 3.7 miles
- Colchester Town 4.5 miles
- Weeley 5.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Alresford, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Thorington · 1.7 miles
- Brightlingsea · 3.2 miles
- Ardleigh · 4.7 miles
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Facilities at Alresford station
Alresford is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 June 2026.
Getting to Alresford station
Alresford station is in Tendring, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being The Pointer.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Alresford station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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