Trains from Whaley Bridge
to Marks Tey
From £71.50

0800 138 5560 text relay 18001 0800 138 5560

• Category B Station

The station forecourt/car park slopes steeply upwards from its entrance at the junction of Market street and Reservoir Road. Access to the Buxton platform is step-free via a tarmac footpath along the front of the station building to a gate onto the platform, or via 10 steps up to the ticket office then one step down onto the platform. Step-free access to the Manchester platform is via a sloping path from Station View and through a gate onto the platform. A stepped footbridge connects the two platforms. However there is a large gap between the train and platform on both platforms.

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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

Details of nearest taxis are shown on station information poster

There is step free access to all platforms but not between platforms. Please allow at least 15 minutes to transfer between platforms if you have reduced mobility.

Platform 1 (towards London) is accessed via the ticket office on Station Road, Platform 2 (towards Sudbury, Colchester and Ipswich) is via the car park off North Lane. Access between platforms is either via a stepped footbridge or via a 500m walking route using North Lane which has narrow footpaths. Wheelchair users connecting between the mainline and the Sudbury line would be advised to change at Colchester. 

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.