There are 10 ways to get from Ormskirk to Colchester by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Eustontrain Liverpool Lime Street - London Euston
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Colchestertrain London Liverpool Street - Norwich / ...
4h 41m£59–247Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Stansted Airporttrain
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Coach Stopbus 717
8h 37m£43–265Bus
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Finchley Road / O2 Centrebus
- Take the bus from Finchley Road Station to Coach Stationbus A6
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Coach Stopbus 717
10h 58m£55–83Drive 229.8 mi
- Drive from Ormskirk to Colchestercar 229.8 mi
4h 35m£57–82Train to Manchester Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane MAN - LHR
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchestertrain
5h 31m£89–300Train, line 86 bus, line 43 bus, line 44 bus
- Take the train from Ormskirk to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Thetfordtrain
- Take the bus from Bus Interchange to Bus Stationbus 86 / ...
- Take the bus from Bus Station to Bus Stationbus 43 / ...
- Take the bus from Bus Station to High Streetbus 44 / ...
9h 45mFly Liverpool to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane LPL - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Colchestertrain
6h 53m£96–230Fly Liverpool to London Stansted Airport, bus
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane LPL - STN
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Railway Stationbus
7h 1m£70–149Train to Manchester Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, bus
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane MAN - STN
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Railway Stationbus
7h 34m£71–206Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Southampton Airport, train
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Airporttrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane MAN - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchestertrain
6h 24m£107–354
Ormskirk to Colchester by train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ormskirk to Colchester is to drive which costs £55 - £85 and takes 4h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Ormskirk to Colchester is to drive which takes 4h 35m and costs £55 - £85.
No, there is no direct bus from Ormskirk station to Colchester. However, there are services departing from Bus Station and arriving at Coach Stop via Liverpool, Liverpool One, Finchley Road Station and Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 58m.
No, there is no direct train from Ormskirk to Colchester. However, there are services departing from Ormskirk and arriving at Colchester via Liverpool Lime Street, Euston station and London Liverpool Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 41m.
The distance between Ormskirk and Colchester is 262 miles. The road distance is 231.2 miles.
The best way to get from Ormskirk to Colchester without a car is to train which takes 4h 41m and costs £55 - £250.
It takes approximately 4h 41m to get from Ormskirk to Colchester, including transfers.
Ormskirk to Colchester bus services, operated by Atlantic Travel GB Ltd, depart from Liverpool, Liverpool One station.
Ormskirk to Colchester train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, depart from Liverpool Lime Street station.
The best way to get from Ormskirk to Colchester is to train which takes 4h 41m and costs £55 - £250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £55 - £85 and takes 10h 58m.
What companies run services between Ormskirk, England and Colchester, England?
You can take a train from Ormskirk to Colchester via Liverpool Central, Liverpool Lime Street, London Euston, Euston station, Moorgate station, and London Liverpool Street in around 4h 41m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bus Station to Coach Stop via Queen Square Bus Station, Liverpool, Liverpool One, Finchley Road / O2 Centre, Finchley Road Station, and Coach Station in around 10h 58m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Jersey
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–180
Flights from Liverpool to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Liverpool to London Stansted Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Stansted Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Manchester Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Liverpool to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–110
Flights from Liverpool to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Liverpool to London Stansted Airport via Shannon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Liverpool to London Stansted Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cork
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–45
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
Train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–40
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–85
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–150
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0151 330 1000
- Website
- merseyrail.org
Train from Ormskirk to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Website
- https://www.merseyrail.org/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Thetford
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- £70–110
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £9–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–120
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to Finchley Road / O2 Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £29–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Finchley Road Station to Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Coach Station to Coach Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–20
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Coach Station to Railway Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–19
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01842 821509
- info@coachservicesltd.co.uk
- Website
- coachservicesltd.co.uk
Bus from Bus Interchange to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- https://www.coachservicesltd.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 102 0801
- services@hedingham.co.uk
- Website
- hedinghamandchambers.co.uk
Bus from Bus Station to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–7
- Website
- https://www.hedinghamandchambers.co.uk/
Bus from Bus Station to High Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- https://www.hedinghamandchambers.co.uk/
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More Questions & Answers
Ormskirk to Colchester bus services, operated by Atlantic Travel GB Ltd, arrive at Finchley Road / O2 Centre station.
Ormskirk to Colchester train services, operated by Avanti West Coast, arrive at London Euston station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ormskirk to Colchester is 231 miles. It takes approximately 4h 35m to drive from Ormskirk to Colchester.
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