At a glance
Station Message
Station details
- Bicycle parking
- Yes
- Storage Sheltered
- Yes
- Storage Location
- A sheltered cycle parking area providing 60 spaces is located next to the side entrance to Platform 1 (for trains towards London), and a secure compound with 200 spaces is available on the access road to the station car park, behind Platform 3 (for trains towards Sudbury).
- Storage Spaces
- 260
- 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
- 257
- Daily Rate
- £9.00
- Weekly Rate
- £40.00
- Monthly Rate
- £149.00
- 3 Monthly Rate
- £426.00
- Annual Rate
- £1,491.00
- Taxis
- No
- Accessible Taxis
- Details of nearest taxis are shown on station information poster
- Impaired Mobility set down and pick up points available
- Yes
- Airport
- No
- Ticket Office
- Monday to Friday - 05:35 to 22:10 Saturday - 05:35 to 22:10 Sunday - 08:20 to 19:30
- 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 to / from mainline services is provided by station staff during the opening hours listed below. Outside of these times assistance from a conductor is only available for services running to / from Sudbury. For any other services alternative transport will be provided to / from Colchester station. 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) - At the bottom of the ramped entrance to this platform, next to the steps down from the booking hall
- Platforms 2/3 (for trains towards Colchester and Ipswich, and Sudbury) - On the outside of the waiting room, fixed to the wall facing the barrow crossing
- 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 at the front of the station.
- Left Luggage
- No
- Lost Luggage
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Public Wi-Fi
- Shops
- No
- Toilets
The male and the female toilets are located next to the waiting shelter on Platforms 2/3 (for trains towards Colchester and Ipswich, and Sudbury). There are two accessible toilets available for radar key holders - one can be accessed via the waiting room on Platforms 2/3, and the other is inside the booking hall which leads to Platform 1 (for trains towards London). All toilets at this station are scheduled to be open at the following times:
Monday - Friday 06:00 - 21:00Saturday 06:00 - 21:00Sunday 07:30 - 21:00
- Baby Changing facilities
- Yes
- National Key toilets
- Yes
- Showers
- No
- Trolleys
- No
- Tourist information office
- No
- Waiting Rooms
- The waiting room is located in the station building on Platforms 2/3 (for trains towards Colchester and Ipswich, and Sudbury). Monday to Friday - 06:00 to 21:00 Saturday - 06:00 to 21:00 Sunday - 07:30 to 21:00
- Seating
- Yes
- Staff help available opening times
Assistance to / from mainline services is provided by station staff during the opening hours listed below. Outside of these times assistance from a conductor is only available for services running to / from Sudbury. For any other services alternative transport will be provided to / from Colchester station. 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
There is step free access from the ticket office to Platform 1 (for trains towards London) only, with no step free access from the ticket office to Platforms 2/3 (for trains towards Colchester and Ipswich, and Sudbury). There is step free access from the carpark to Platforms 2/3 (for trains towards Colchester and Ipswich, and Sudbury) only, with no step free access from the carpark to Platform 1 (for trains towards London) via the station as there is a stepped footbridge between the platforms.
Access from the ticket office to Platforms 2/3 (for trains towards Colchester and Ipswich, and Sudbury) is via North Lane, which is approximately 500m from the ticket office and Platform 1 (for trains towards London). Please allow plenty of time for your transfer between platforms.
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 for London bound services, or the supervisor's office on Platform 2 for northbound services towards Colchester and Ipswich. For Sudbury line services please make yourself known to the member of traincrew who will be monitoring the platform prior to departure.
- Wheelchairs Available
- Yes