Trains to Colchester

38 origins, priced from the same engine that serves the search page.

38 places connect to Colchester by Trains, across 1 country, run by 3 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88. Origins run from 41 km away to 89 km, with a median of 72 km.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

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Arriving in Colchester

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Colchester, over the next three weeks.
Route	From	Fastest	Distance
Basildon to Colchester train	€11.88	1h 12m	47 km
Cambridge to Colchester train	€11.88	1h 19m	64 km
Southend-on-Sea to Colchester train	€11.88	1h 10m	41 km
Ilford to Colchester train	€13.54	1h 21m	68 km
Barking to Colchester train	€14.09	1h 22m	69 km
Saint Peters to Colchester train	€14.09	1h 23m	68 km
Enfield to Colchester train	€14.64	1h 24m	73 km
Tottenham to Colchester train	€14.64	1h 24m	74 km
Bexley to Colchester train	€14.64	1h 24m	72 km
Romford to Colchester train	€14.64	1h 19m	61 km
Dagenham to Colchester train	€15.19	1h 23m	63 km
Islington to Colchester train	€15.74	1h 28m	80 km
Becontree to Colchester train	€15.74	1h 22m	65 km
London to Colchester train	€16.29	1h 28m	83 km
Walthamstow to Colchester train	€16.84	1h 28m	72 km
Croydon to Colchester train	€17.94	1h 31m	89 km
City of Westminster to Colchester train	€18.48	1h 32m	84 km
Archway to Colchester train	€18.49	1h 31m	80 km
Norwich to Colchester train	€20.14	1h 36m	86 km

38Places you can arrive from
38Places you can leave for
1Countries
3Operators

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Trains, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
Distance	Routes	Share	Nearest of them
Under 200 km	38	100%	Southend-on-Sea, 41 km

Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Colchester that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
Country	Routes	Share
United Kingdom	38	100%

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Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

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Stations, airports and ports in Colchester

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Colchester

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Colchester Station
Colchester railway station
Colchester Town railway station

Leaving

Leaving Colchester

Colchester to Barking train Colchester to Basildon train Colchester to Cambridge train Colchester to Enfield train Colchester to Ilford train Colchester to Islington train Colchester to London train Colchester to Southend-on-Sea train Colchester to Tottenham train Colchester to Bexley train Colchester to Croydon train Colchester to Saint Peters train Colchester to Archway train Colchester to City of Westminster train Colchester to Norwich train Colchester to Walthamstow train

Common questions about Trains to Colchester

Where can I travel to Colchester by Trains from?

38 places connect to Colchester by Trains on our network, across 1 countries. The nearest is 41 km away in a straight line and the furthest 89 km. Every one of them is a route we actually sell rather than a connection somebody could construct.

How much does the Trains to Colchester cost?

The cheapest Trains fare into Colchester is €11.88 for one passenger, across 38 origins over the next three weeks. The median origin is 72 km away in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against.

How long does the Trains to Colchester take?

The fastest Trains journey into Colchester is 1h 10m door to door. The median origin sits 72 km away in a straight line, so most journeys on this list take considerably longer than the fastest one quoted here.

Which operators run the Trains to Colchester?

3 operators run Trains services into Colchester on our network: Eurostar, Eurostar International, Greater Anglia. Each has its own fares and its own conditions, and every one of them is a real carrier from the published operator catalog rather than a name we generated.

Which terminal does the Trains to Colchester use?

Trains services into Colchester use 3 named terminals, among them Colchester Station, Colchester railway station, Colchester Town railway station. The terminal a given service uses is shown on the route page for that journey and again on the ticket, because a city with several is a city where the wrong one costs an hour.

Where these numbers come from

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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door

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