Clacton-on-Sea train station
You can reach 21 stations directly from Clacton-on-Sea on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Thorpe-le-Soken, with 47 trains a day.
Clacton-on-Sea is the nearest station for postcodes in CO15. Check your own postcode.
- 21 direct destinations
- 627th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 39 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Clacton-on-Sea
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorpe-le-Soken | 47 | 39 | 32 |
| Colchester | 45 | 37 | 32 |
| Wivenhoe | 45 | 37 | 32 |
| Chelmsford | 44 | 36 | 30 |
| Hythe (Colchester) | 44 | 36 | 32 |
| London Liverpool Street | 44 | 36 | 30 |
| Stratford | 44 | 36 | 30 |
| Witham | 42 | 36 | 30 |
| Shenfield | 39 | 36 | 30 |
| Ingatestone | 32 | 35 | 0 |
| Beaulieu Park | 12 | 3 | 30 |
| Kelvedon | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Alresford | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| Great Bentley | 10 | 2 | 31 |
| Marks Tey | 9 | 1 | 30 |
| Hatfield Peverel | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Weeley | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Romford | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Frinton-on-Sea | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kirby Cross | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Walton-on-the-Naze | 2 | 2 | 0 |
How busy Clacton-on-Sea station is
836,512 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 627th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Clacton-on-Sea and Colchester than any other pair: 192,132 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: 13 stations instead of 21, a drop of about 38%. Saturday runs to 21.
Nearest other stations
- Thorpe-le-Soken 3.7 miles
- Kirby Cross 4.1 miles
- Weeley 4.4 miles
- Frinton-on-Sea 4.8 miles
- Great Bentley 5.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Clacton-on-Sea, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Crossways · 2.0 miles
- Jaywick Sands · 2.3 miles
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Facilities at Clacton-on-Sea station
Clacton-on-Sea is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:15 to 18:00 · Saturday: 05:15 to 18:00 · Sunday: 07:15 to 16:30
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Clacton-on-Sea station
- Station Car Park 39 spaces, 4 accessible
£7.50 off-peak, £7.50 a day, £28.25 a week
Cycle parking: 108 spaces (sheltered, compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 29 July 2026.
Getting to Clacton-on-Sea station
Clacton-on-Sea station is in Tendring, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station Coach Stop.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Clacton-on-Sea 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