At a glance
Station details
- Bicycle parking
- Yes
- Storage Sheltered
- Yes
- Storage Location
- A secure cycle parking compound with 48 spaces is located behind Platform 1 (for trains towards London) and can be accessed from the platform itself, or from the smaller car park which is adjacent to Platform 1.
- Storage Spaces
- 48
- Storage CCTV
- Yes
- PlusBike (Cycle hire)
- No
- Car Park
- Yes
- Free of Charge
- No
- CCTV Coverage
- No
- Car Park Operator
- National Car Parks Ltd
- Address
- No
- Phone Number
- Primary telephone number: 0345 050 7080
- Note
- No
- Opening Hours
- Monday to Friday - 24 hours Saturday - 24 hours Sunday - 24 hours
- Number of Spaces
- 241
- Daily Rate
- £8.50
- Weekly Rate
- £32.00
- Monthly Rate
- £174.00
- 3 Monthly Rate
- £499.00
- Annual Rate
- £1,746.00
- Taxis
- No
- Accessible Taxis
- Details of nearest taxis are shown on station information poster
- Impaired Mobility set down and pick up points available
- No
- Airport
- No
- Ticket Office
- Monday to Friday - 06:00 to 19:40 Saturday - 06:00 to 12:45 Sunday - 07:30 to 15:30
- Height Adjusted ticket office counter
- No
- Induction Loop
- Yes
- Ticket Machines
- Yes
- Accessible Ticket Machines
- Yes
- Collection of Pre-Purchased tickets
- Yes
- Penalty Fares
- Applicable Operators: Greater Anglia
- Smart cards issued
- Yes
- Smart cards validated
- Yes
- Get Oyster cards here
- No
- Use Oyster pay as you go
- No
- Top up Oyster cards
- No
- Staff help available opening times
Assistance at this station is provided by a staff member during ticket office opening hours. Outside of these hours customers are advised to use Shenfield station, which is approximately five miles away. An appropriate accessible taxi will be supplied for journeys to intermediate unstaffed stations. 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 the ticket machine at this station
- By using one of the two Help Points at this station
- Passenger Information Systems available
- DepartureScreens Announcements
- Customer Help Points
Help points can be found at the following location(s):
- Platform 1 (for trains towards London) - Next to the waiting room, fixed to the platform-facing wall of the station building
- Platform 2 (for trains towards Chelmsford and Colchester) - Next to the side entrance to the station and the footbridge steps, fixed to the platform-facing wall of the station building
- Customer Services
Monday-Saturday 08:00-20:00Sunday 10:00-20:00Bank 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.
- Location for rail replacement services
- Rail replacement bus services pick up and drop off in the station car park.
- Left Luggage
- No
- Lost Luggage
- Monday to Sunday - 24 hours All Bank Holidays - 24 hours
- Ticket Gates
- No
- CCTV
- Yes
- ATM Machine
- No
- Bureau de Change
- No
- First Class Lounge
- No
- Internet Kiosk Available
- No
- Pay Phone
- Yes
- Accessible Public telephones
- No
- Post Box
- Yes
- Public Wi-Fi
- Shops
- No
- Toilets
The male and the female toilets are located next to the bottom of the footbridge steps on Platform 1 (for trains towards London), and next to the side entrance to the station on Platform 2 (for trains towards Chelmsford and Colchester). An accessible toilet is available for radar key holders and can be accessed via the waiting room on Platform 1. All toilets at this station are scheduled to be open at the following times:
Monday - Friday 06:00 - 19:00Saturday 06:00 - 12:00Sunday 07:30 - 15:00
- Baby Changing facilities
- Yes
- National Key toilets
- Yes
- Showers
- No
- Trolleys
- No
- Tourist information office
- No
- Waiting Rooms
- There is a waiting room located in the station building on Platform 1 (for trains towards London). The waiting room on Platform 2 (for trains towards Chelmsford and Colchester) is located in the station building opposite the ticket office, and is accessed from the booking hall. Monday to Friday - 06:00 to 19:00 Saturday - 06:00 to 12:00 Sunday - 07:30 to 15:00
- Seating
- Yes
- Staff help available opening times
Assistance at this station is provided by a staff member during ticket office opening hours. Outside of these hours customers are advised to use Shenfield station, which is approximately five miles away. An appropriate accessible taxi will be supplied for journeys to intermediate unstaffed stations. 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 the ticket machine at this station
- By using one of the two Help Points at this station
- Helpline Number
- 0800 028 28 78
- Helplines Opening times
- We want everyone to travel with confidence. That is why, if you are planning on travelling on national rail services, you can request an assistance booking in advance - now up to 2 hours before your journey is due to start, any time of the day. For more information about Passenger Assist and how to request an assistance booking via Passenger Assist, please click here.
- Ramp for train Access
- Yes
- Step Free Access
This station has step free access to both platforms but from different locations on Station Lane / Hall Lane, with approximately 350 metres between the entrances to each platform via the roadside. There is a stepped footbridge between the platforms. Platform 1 (for trains towards London) is accessible via the access road off Hall Lane, just beyond the level crossing, and Platform 2 (for trains towards Chelmsford and Colchester) is accessible from the station car park.
This station is a category B2 station according to ORR station classification system. https://www.orr.gov.uk/media/10955
Assistance meeting point is the ticket office.
- Wheelchairs Available
- Yes