Travel optionsfrom Exeter to Colchester
How to get to Colchester from Exeter by train, bus, flight or ferry.
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The best way to travel from Exeter to Colchester is by taking a coach because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
8:1010h40Exeter18:50Colchester£611One-way0 changes
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8:1010h40Exeter18:50Colchester£611One-way0 changes
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This is compared to other travel options from Exeter to Colchester:
A coach is £19 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Exeter to Colchester costing on average £72.
A coach is £244 less than a flight for this route with tickets for a flight from Exeter to Colchester costing on average £297.
Other travel options to Colchester take longer:
Flight takes on average 5h 35m.
Coach takes on average 9h 56m.
- Around 15 coaches per day.
- Around 13 trains per day.
- Around 7 flights per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Exeter and Colchester as scheduled services by train, coach and flight can vary by season or day of the week.
- Flights mostly depart from Exeter International Airport and arrive in London Heathrow Airport.
- Trains mostly depart from Exeter St Davids (EXD) and arrive in Colchester station (COL).
- Coaches mostly depart from Exeter, Bampfylde Street / Stover Court and arrive in Colchester, East Hill / High Street.
- Travel with Great Western Railway, Great Western Railway (GWR) to go to Colchester by train.
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