Colchester Train Station

• YES Waiting room
• YES Ticket machine
• YES Toilet
• YES Impaired Access Staff

Station facilities

• Accessibility
  • Accessible Public Telephones YES Yes
  • Accessible Taxis No
  • First Class Lounge No
  • Help Points No
  • Impaired Accessible Booking Office Counter YES Yes
  • Impared Access Staff YES Yes
  • Impared Access Ticket Gate YES Yes
  • Impaired Accessible Ticket Machines YES Yes
  • Induction Loop No
  • Impaired Mobility Set Down No
  • National Key Toilets YES Yes
  • Ramp for Train Access YES Yes
  • Wheel chairs Available YES Yes
  • Impaired Access Helpline Hours Monday - Sunday - 08:00 to 20:00
  • Impaired Access Staff Help Hours Monday - Sunday - open 24h
  • Accessible Taxis

    Details of nearest taxis are shown on station information poster

  • Customer Help Point Help points available in the subway and on platform 1.
  • Helpline YES Yes
  • Helpline Contact Details

    0800 028 28 78

    
    
  • Helpline Contact URL https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
  • Impared Access Ticket Gate

    Colchester station has Secure Station Acreditation

  • Step Free Access

    This station has step free access to all platforms. However, customers with restricted mobility are advised to arrive on the London bound side of the station (which is accessed via the entrance off Station Way before the railway bridge), as the lifts are quicker and easier to operate than the chair lift in the Ipswich / Norwich bound ticket hall. It is quite a long and steep walking route to get from one side of the station to the other.

    This station is a category B1 station according to ORR station classification system. https://www.orr.gov.uk/media/10955

    Assistance meeting point is the customer information office on Platform 4.

    
    Coverage: partial Station
  • Step Free Access Coverage Whole Station
  • Staff Help

    Assistance is provided by station staff during the hours of train service operation. Booking is recommended.

    What assistance is available for customers using this station?

    • Board and alight
    • Ramp assistance
    • Luggage (on and off train only)
    • Ticket sale on board

    How can Turn Up And Go (TUAG) assistance be requested by customers using this station?

    • By speaking with a member of station staff
    • By calling 0345 600 7245 (option 4)
    • By selecting the help button on one of the ticket machines at this station
  • Helpline Open Note

    08:00 - 20:00

    
    

• Restrooms
  • Toilets YES Yes
  • Baby Change YES Yes
  • Toilets Note

    There are male and female toilets located in the station buildings on Platforms 1 and 2, and also on Platforms 3 and 4, just next to the steps that lead to/from the underpass. Accessible toilets are available for radar key holders. All toilets at this station are scheduled to be open at the following times:

    Monday - Friday 04:00 - 00:30Saturday 04:00 - 00:30Sunday 06:00 - 00:30

• Ticketing Services & Information
  • Oyster Pre-Pay No
  • Pre-Purchase Collection YES Yes
  • Ticket Machine YES Yes
  • Penalty Fares LE
  • Smartcard Notes Smartcard Issued: Yes
    Smartcard Validator: Yes
    

    Greater Anglia Smartcards can be obtained from www.greateranglia.co.uk/smart

• Ticketing Hours
  • Ticket Office Hours Monday - Friday - 05:00 to 22:00
    Saturday - 05:30 to 21:00
    Sunday - 06:00 to 21:00

• Station Information
  • ATM YES Yes
  • Baby Change YES Yes
  • Bureau De Change No
  • Lost Property YES Yes
  • Post Box YES Yes
  • Shops YES Yes
  • Seated Area YES Yes
  • Station Buffet YES Yes
  • Showers No
  • Trolley No
  • Wifi YES Yes
  • Waiting Room YES Yes
  • Lost Property: URL https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/lost-property
  • Customer Service Note Monday-Saturday 08:00-20:00 Sunday 10:00-20:00 Bank Holidays 09:00-18:00 The hours shown are for the Customer Relations team on 0345 600 7245 (option 8). Closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
  • Information Systems DepartureScreensAnnouncementsArrivalScreens
  • Staffing Level YES Yes

• Station Location & Directions
  • Latitude 51.90061619
  • Longitude 0.89347015

• Airport
  • Availability YES Yes
  • Note Express CoachLink to Stansted Airport runs from outside the ticket office building. Further information: 0845 748 4950 (UK only)

• Parking
  • Car Parking Details Parking 1:
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone number: 0345 050 7080
    
    Operator Name: National Car Parks Ltd
    Name: Station Car Park
    Spaces: 1373
    Charges:
    Off-peak: £9.50
    PerHour: £1.00
    Daily: £11.50
    Weekly: £46.00
    Monthly: £180.00
    ThreeMonthly: £515.00
    Annual: £1,801.00
    Saturday: £5.20
    Sunday: £5.20
    Note:

    £10 Weekend fare (from 1000 Friday - 0400 Monday)

    £81.00 Flexi ticket

    
    
    Number Accessible Spaces: 24
    Accessible Spaces Note:

    14 accessible parking spaces in the main car park by the front of the station.

    10 accessible parking spaces by the London-bound station entrance.

    
    Accessible Car Park Equipment: Yes
    Cctv: Yes
    Open:
    Monday - Friday - open 24h
    Saturday - open 24h
    Sunday - open 24h
    Url: https://www.ncp.co.uk/find-a-car-park/car-parks/colchester-station-g-anglia/
    
    Parking 2:
    Phone number: 0845 050 7080
    
    Operator Name: National Car Parks
    Name: Premium Bays
    Spaces: 90
    Charges:
    Annual: £2,252.00
    
    Number Accessible Spaces: 0
    Accessible Car Park Equipment: Yes
    Cctv: Yes
    Open:
    Saturday - open 24h
    Sunday - open 24h
    Url: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
    
    

• Phones, Internet & Wi-fi
  • Station Amenities: Telephone YES Yes
  • Web Kiosk: Available No
  • Station Amenities: Wi-Fi Find WiFi Hotspots around Colchester station (http://btwifi.com/find)
  • Telephone: Usage Type Cards And Coins

• Dining and Shopping
  • Dining & Shopping: Shops YES Yes
  • Dining & Shopping: Station Buffet YES Yes

• Cycle Storage
  • Availability YES Yes
  • Closed Circuit TV YES Yes
  • Cycle Hire: Note margin: 0in 0in 0pt;Bike & Go bicycles available for hire. More details: http://www.bikeandgo.co.uk/ (http://bikeandgo.co.uk/)
  • Location

    There are 27 cycle stands and 60 cycle parking spaces located at the front of the main station carpark, near the taxi rank, along with a secure cycle parking compound providing 101 spaces. Opposite the entrance to the other side of the station (for trains towards London), there are 96 cycle parking spaces next to the accessible car parking bays, a further 20 cycle parking spaces further down the access road, and another secure cycle parking compound providing 144 spaces is next to the station building, adjacent to Platforms 4 and 5. The secure cycle parking areas require smartcard access - please speak with station staff for further details.

  • Sheltered YES Yes
  • Spaces 576
  • Type
    Compounds
    Stands
    Racks

• Bus information
  • Bus Service: Availability YES Yes
  • Bus Service: Note Colchester & Wivenhoe is a PlusBus location click here (http://www.plusbus.info/sites/default/files/pdfs/Colchester.pdf title=Colchester PlusBus Map ) to see the PlusBus map

• Baggage Services
  • Left Luggage: Available No
  • Left Luggage: URL https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

• Taxi Information
  • Availability YES Yes
  • Note Taxi rank at both entrances.

• Other transportation
  • Cycle Hire YES Yes
  • Rail Replacement Services

    Rail replacement bus services pick up and drop off at the bus stops on the station forecourt, outside the main station entrance.