Cheapest€10.07
- Essex County Council EC145506:321h 24m07:56ColchesterArchway bus station
Door to door 2h 8mCO2 2.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Colchester to Archway bus
Buses from Colchester to Archway start at €10.07 and take 2h 8m at their fastest.
The Buses from Colchester to Archway starts at €10.07 and takes 2h 8m door to door, run by 1 operator over 92 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 2h 8mDoor to door
- 1h 24mMoving
- €10.07From
- 2.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 20, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex County Council | €10.07 | 2h 1m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Archway. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
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When to book Colchester to Archway
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0790 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0745 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €11.737 days
- €12.283 days
- €16.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 66 percent. The most expensive point is €16.68, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €10.07Sun
- €10.07Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.08Wed
- €11.73Thu
- €10.07Fri
- €10.07Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Colchester
Bus
- Colchester
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 92 km against 80 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cambridge, Saint Peters, Southend-on-Sea, Basildon. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Colchester at 06:32 and the last at 06:32, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 29m | 45m | 44m | €12.99 | 3.0 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 2h 8m | 1h 24m | 44m | €10.07 | 2.5 kg | 1 |
Questions about Colchester to Archway
The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Colchester to Archway take?
The Coach from Colchester to Archway takes 2h 8m door to door, of which 1h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 92 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Colchester to Archway cost?
The Coach from Colchester to Archway starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €10.07. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Colchester to Archway?
1 operators run the Coach from Colchester to Archway: Essex County Council. Between them they file around 1 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Colchester to Archway use?
The Coach from Colchester to Archway leaves from Colchester and arrives at Archway bus station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Colchester to Archway?
Traveling from Colchester to Archway by Train costs €12.99 and takes 1h 29m door to door, against 2h 8m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Colchester to Archway?
Fares for the Coach from Colchester to Archway bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 66 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Colchester to Archway produce?
The Coach from Colchester to Archway produces about 2.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 92 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Colchester to Archway?
Operators on the Coach from Colchester to Archway publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 8m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Colchester to Archway on September 12, 2026: 92 km of route against 80 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Archway is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Archway
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Archway, with free cancellation on most of it.
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