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The public transport infrastructure of
Colchester has three railway stations:
* (also known as ''Colchester North''), the principal station that serves the city.
*
* Hythe.
There are two lines that pass through Colchester:
*
Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in northeastern Essex, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the county, with a population of 130,245 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census. The demonym is ''Colcestrian''.
Colchester occupies the ...
comprises multiple modes of transport, including buses
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...
and railways
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to roa ...
.
Buses
Colchester bus station is located on Osborne Street; it serves as the central hub for the majority of bus services and the interconnectedpublic transport
Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whic ...
network in the city. Additionally, there are plans underway for a comprehensive redevelopment of the bus station, aimed at modernising its facilities, enhancing passenger experience and accommodating future transport needs.
There are two main bus operators in the city: First Essex
First Essex is a bus company operating services in the county of Essex. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup.
History
First Essex arose from an amalgamation of Eastern National and Thamesway Buses. First Essex was originally part of the Ea ...
and , which operate most of the lines within the city. Secondary operators include Hedingham & Chambers
Hedingham & Chambers was a bus operator, part of the larger Go East Anglia unit within the Go-Ahead Group, consisting of the #Hedingham, Hedingham and #Chambers, Chambers brands. The group was formed when Go-Ahead purchased the two firms in Jun ...
, Beeston's, , Stephensons of Essex
Stephensons of Essex is a privately owned bus company based in Rochford, Essex. It operates local bus services throughout Essex and West Suffolk, from headquarters at Rochford, near Southend-on-Sea, and depots at Maldon, Boreham, Braintree, Ess ...
and Panther Travel (Essex); these usually operate multi-county/county-wide routes or to rural villages on the outskirts of Colchester.
National Express
Mobico Group, formerly National Express Group, is a British multinational public transport company with headquarters in Birmingham, England. Domestically it currently operates bus and coach services under brands including National Express. Th ...
operates coach services. It stopped operating its stop at Osborne Street in 2020 due to "safety concerns."
Bus rapid transit
The Colchester rapid transit system is a bus rapid transit system, which will serve the central city and its suburbs. It is set to have one route and eight stations, terminating in the proposed new garden community. Theguided busway
Guided buses are buses capable of being steered by external means, usually on a dedicated track or roll way that excludes other traffic, permitting the maintenance of schedules even during rush hours. Unlike railbuses, trolleybuses or rub ...
portions are along Cowdray Avenue and Via Urbis Romanae.
The project is set to finish construction in 2025.
Railway
Colchester has three railway stations:
* (also known as ''Colchester North''), the principal station that serves the city.
*
* Hythe.
There are two lines that pass through Colchester:
* Great Eastern Main Line
The Great Eastern Main Line (GEML, sometimes referred to as the East Anglia Main Line) is a major railway line on the British railway system which connects Liverpool Street station in central London with destinations in east London and t ...
between London Liverpool Street
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. It is ...
, and
* Sunshine Coast Line
The Sunshine Coast Line is the current marketing name of what originally was the Tendring Hundred Railway, a branch off the Great Eastern Main Line in the East of England. It links to the seaside resorts of and, via a branch, . The line is par ...
, to and .
All services are operated by Greater Anglia
Greater Anglia (legal name Transport UK East Anglia Limited) is a British train operating company owned as a joint venture by Transport UK Group and Mitsui & Co. It operates the East Anglia franchise, providing the commuter and inter-city se ...
.
See also
* Transport in the UK *Colchester Rapid Transit
Colchester Rapid Transit, is a bus rapid transit system under construction in Colchester, Essex, England; it has a main bus line including a 1 mile segregated busway alongside the Northern Approach Road, and new bus lanes and priority measures ...
References
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