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To find Colchester (North) Station simply follow the Signs for the Hospital (A+E). On the route to the hospital you will go past that station.

To find parking can be a bit more tricky unless you intend to pay to park at the station. Probably the best bet is in the Industrial Estate very near to the station next to 'Wickes'.

The easiest way to get to this location by public transport is obviously by train. If you are coming in from Sudbury by bus then you just need to hop off at the Station Stop just under the bridge. If you are coming in by bus you will need to get a 5,8,8A,65,66,67,67A,78,78A or 753.

The usual rail station facilities are available including Toilets, Coffee Shop, Café and W H Smith's. Just across the road from the Station is the ASDA store with the usual supermarket facilities. There is also usually a Tea Van in the Wickes car park during the week which can be used. Both are just a couple of minutes walk from the station entrance.

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Photography at the station is normally very good almost all day. The only problems that may prohibit photography is first thing in the morning on a bright day when the sun is rising on the east of the line. The sun rises directly over the track. By about 8 in the morning the sun is at the side of the station and stays in a pretty good spot for getting the movements on platforms 1-4. Platform 5 and 6 can be a little more difficult during periods of intense sunlight. The best places to stand are at the most easterly of platform 4 or westerly end of platform 3. All trains that come into Colchester during the course of a normal day use platforms 1-5, with 5 being at the easterly end. Platform five holds the terminating Walton trains which arrive once an hour. Platform 6 just holds the early morning London services with the siding next to platform 6 holding the rescue thunderbirds when they are in attendance.
The intercity services usually use platforms 2 and 3, although occasionally the Norwich bound services may use platform 1 to either allow a passing service to go through, or to load any wheelchair passengers which may be travelling.