Bures train station
You can reach 4 stations directly from Bures on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Chappel and Wakes Colne, with 37 trains a day.
Bures is the nearest station for postcodes in CO8, CO9. Check your own postcode.
- 4 direct destinations
- 2,019th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 22 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Bures
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chappel and Wakes Colne | 37 | 36 | 32 |
| Marks Tey | 37 | 36 | 32 |
| Sudbury | 37 | 36 | 32 |
| Colchester | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Lines serving Bures
Bures is on the Sudbury Branch Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bures station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Bures 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 Bures station is
53,342 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,019th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bures and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 16,418 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.
Nearest other stations
- Chappel and Wakes Colne 3.2 miles
- Sudbury 4.7 miles
- Marks Tey 6.3 miles
- Colchester 7.2 miles
- Colchester Town 8.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bures, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- White Colne · 3.6 miles
- Earls Colne · 4.2 miles
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Facilities at Bures station
Bures is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Bures station
- Station Car Park 22 spaces, 1 accessible
£3.00 a day
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 29 July 2026.
Getting to Bures station
Bures station is in Braintree, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Eight Bells.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bures 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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