Colchester Town train station
You can reach 21 stations directly from Colchester Town on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Colchester, with 96 trains a day.
See Colchester Town on the map
Colchester Town is the nearest station for postcodes in CO1, CO2. Check your own postcode.
- 21 direct destinations
- 534th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 10 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Colchester Town
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester | 96 | 96 | 0 |
| Alresford | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Great Bentley | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Hythe (Colchester) | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Thorpe-le-Soken | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Weeley | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Wivenhoe | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Frinton-on-Sea | 32 | 34 | 0 |
| Kirby Cross | 32 | 34 | 0 |
| Walton-on-the-Naze | 32 | 34 | 0 |
| Chelmsford | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Kelvedon | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| London Liverpool Street | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Stratford | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Witham | 30 | 31 | 0 |
| Marks Tey | 29 | 31 | 0 |
| Shenfield | 29 | 31 | 0 |
| Beaulieu Park | 26 | 31 | 0 |
| Hatfield Peverel | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Ingatestone | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Clacton-on-Sea | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Colchester Town
Colchester Town is on the Sunshine Coast Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Colchester Town station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Colchester Town 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 Colchester Town station is
1,012,034 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 534th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Colchester Town and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 222,406 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
There is no Sunday service from Colchester Town. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Colchester Town loses 1 destination including Clacton-on-Sea.
Nearest other stations
- Hythe (Colchester) 0.9 miles
- Colchester 1.1 miles
- Wivenhoe 3.0 miles
- Alresford 4.5 miles
- Marks Tey 5.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Colchester Town, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ardleigh · 4.1 miles
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Facilities at Colchester Town station
Colchester Town is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 20:15 · Saturday: 07:00 to 18:45 · Sunday: closed · bank holidays: closed
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Parking at Colchester Town station
- There is a Council managed car park behind the station
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 7 September 2026.
Getting to Colchester Town station
Colchester Town station is in Colchester, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Town Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Colchester Town 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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