Harwich Town train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Harwich Town on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Dovercourt, with 43 trains a day.
- 16 direct destinations
- 1,712th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 5 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Harwich Town
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dovercourt | 43 | 37 | 31 |
| Harwich International | 43 | 37 | 31 |
| Manningtree | 43 | 37 | 31 |
| Mistley | 42 | 37 | 31 |
| Wrabness | 42 | 37 | 31 |
| Colchester | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Beaulieu Park | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chelmsford | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelvedon | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| London Liverpool Street | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Shenfield | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Stratford | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Witham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hatfield Peverel | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marks Tey | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ingatestone | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Harwich Town
Harwich Town is on the Manningtree and Harwich Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Harwich Town station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Harwich 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 Harwich Town station is
112,064 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,712th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Harwich Town and Colchester than any other pair: 29,292 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: 6 stations instead of 16, a drop of about 62%. Saturday runs to 6.
Nearest other stations
- Dovercourt 0.5 miles
- Harwich International 1.3 miles
- Trimley 2.6 miles
- Felixstowe 3.1 miles
- Wrabness 4.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Harwich Town, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Felixstowe Pier · 1.3 miles
- Parkeston Quay West · 1.8 miles
- Felixstowe Beach · 2.1 miles
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Facilities at Harwich Town station
Harwich Town is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
WiFi
Parking at Harwich Town station
- Station Car Park 5 spaces
free
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 May 2026.
Getting to Harwich Town station
Harwich Town 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.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Harwich 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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