Colchester Town Train Station

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

Station facilities

• Accessibility
  • Accessible Public Telephones No
  • Accessible Taxis No
  • First Class Lounge No
  • Help Points YES Yes
  • Impaired Accessible Booking Office Counter No
  • Impared Access Staff YES Yes
  • Impared Access Ticket Gate No
  • Impaired Accessible Ticket Machines YES Yes
  • Induction Loop No
  • Impaired Mobility Set Down No
  • National Key Toilets No
  • Ramp for Train Access YES Yes
  • Wheel chairs Available No
  • Impaired Access Helpline Hours Monday - Sunday - 08:00 to 20:00
  • Impaired Access Staff Help Hours Monday - Friday - 06:10 to 20:15
    Saturday - 07:00 to 18:45
    Sunday
  • Accessible Taxis

    Details of nearest taxis are shown on station information poster

  • Helpline YES Yes
  • Helpline Contact Details 0800 028 28 78
    
  • Helpline Contact URL https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
  • Helpline Open Note 08:00 - 20:00
    
  • Nearest Stations with Facilities COL
  • Step Free Access

    This station has step free access to the single platform for trains towards Colchester, London, and Walton-on-the-Naze.

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

    Assistance meeting point is the ticket office.

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

    Assistance at this station is provided by a staff member during ticket office opening hours. Conductors are only available on services running to/from Walton-on-the-Naze. Services to/from London Liverpool Street are Driver Only Operation (DOO) and outside opening hours we advise to travel to the nearest stuffed station, Colchester. Booking is recommended.

• Restrooms
  • Toilets YES Yes
  • Baby Change No
  • Toilets Note

    The toilets are located in the station building and are accessed via the waiting room. An accessible toilet is available in the female toilets, although a radar key is not required to access this facility. All toilets are scheduled to be open at the following times:

    Monday - Friday 06:30 - 15:00
    Saturday 07:30 - 15:00
    Sunday Closed

• Ticketing Services & Information
  • Oyster Pre-Pay No
  • Pre-Purchase Collection YES Yes
  • Ticket Machine YES Yes
  • 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 - 06:10 to 20:15
    Saturday - 07:00 to 18:45
    Sunday

• Station Information
  • ATM No
  • Baby Change No
  • Bureau De Change No
  • Lost Property YES Yes
  • Post Box No
  • Shops No
  • Seated Area YES Yes
  • Station Buffet YES Yes
  • Showers No
  • Trolley No
  • Wifi YES Yes
  • Waiting Room YES Yes
  • Lost Property
    Operator Name: Greater Anglia
  • Lost Property: URL https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/travel-information/your-journey/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). margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 16.8pt;Closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day. margin: 0in 0in 0pt;
  • Staffing Level YES Yes

• Station Location & Directions
  • Latitude 51.8865294
  • Longitude 0.904148555

• Parking
  • Car Parking Details
    Operator Name: Local Council
    Name: There is a Council managed car park behind the station
    Spaces: 0
    Charges:
    Off-peak: N/A
    PerHour: N/A
    Daily: N/A
    Weekly: N/A
    Monthly: N/A
    ThreeMonthly: N/A
    SixMonthly: N/A
    Annual: N/A
    Saturday: N/A
    Sunday: N/A
    
    Number Accessible Spaces: 0
    Accessible Car Park Equipment: Yes
    Accessible Car Park Equipment Note:

    There is one disabled parking space available at the station

    
    Cctv: No
    Open:
    Monday - Friday - open 24h
    Saturday - open 24h
    Sunday - open 24h
    Url: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

• Phones, Internet & Wi-fi
  • Station Amenities: Telephone No
  • Web Kiosk: Available No
  • Telephone: Usage Type Cards And Coins

• Dining and Shopping
  • Dining & Shopping: Shops No
  • Dining & Shopping: Station Buffet YES Yes

• Cycle Storage
  • Availability YES Yes
  • Closed Circuit TV No
  • Location

    There are five cycle stands on the station forecourt, nearly opposite the ticket office window. There is also a sheltered cycle parking area providing five stands located on Platform 1 (for trains towards Colchester, London, and Walton-on-the-Naze).

  • Sheltered YES Yes
  • Spaces 20
  • Type Stands

• Bus information
  • Bus Service: Availability YES Yes
  • Bus Service: Note Colchester Town Station is around 5 minutes walk from Colchester Bus Station

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

• Other transportation
  • Rail Replacement Services

    Rail replacement bus services pick up and drop off at the Town Railway Station Bus Stops (Stop B) for planned rail replacement only (e.g. due to pre-planned engineering works). This station is not served by rail replacement bus services during unplanned service disruption.