There are 11 ways to get from Peterlee to Colchester by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Newcastle to King's Crosstrain Edinburgh - London Kings Cross / ...
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Colchestertrain London Liverpool Street - Norwich / ...
4h 46m£120–177Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bus Station Stand 11 to London Victoriabus Ukn10 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Coach Stopbus 816
10h 7m£40–63Drive 259.4 mi
- Drive from Peterlee to Colchestercar 259.4 mi
4h 39m£64–93Bus to Newcastle, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Peterlee Bus Station Stand A to Interchangebus
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane NCL - LHR
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchestertrain
5h 20mTrain via Peterborough
- Take the train from Thornaby to Yorktrain
- Take the train from York to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Colchestertrain
6h 55m£89–152Bus, train
- Take the bus from Peterlee Bus Station Stand H to Kirkdalebus X10
- Take the train from Eaglescliffe to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Stansted Airporttrain
- Take the bus from Coach Station to Bus Interchangebus X20
- Take the bus from Bus Interchange to Head Streetbus X20 / ...
8h 18mFly Newcastle to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane NCL - STN
6h 39m£66–164Fly Newcastle to Southampton Airport, train
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane NCL - SOU
- Take the train from Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchestertrain
6h 19m£138–295Bus, train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the bus from Peterlee Bus Station Stand A to Interchangebus
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane EDI - STN
- Take the train from Chelmsford to Colchestertrain
6h 25mTrain to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane EDI - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Liverpool Street to Colchestertrain
6h 53m£111–286Fly Newcastle to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane NCL - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Stratford (London) to Colchestertrain
7h 8m£106–226
Peterlee to Colchester by bus, subway, and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Peterlee to Colchester is to bus which costs £40 - £65 and takes 10h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Peterlee to Colchester is to drive which takes 4h 39m and costs £60 - £95.
No, there is no direct bus from Peterlee station to Colchester. However, there are services departing from Peterlee Bus Station Stand H and arriving at Coach Stop via Bus Station Stand 11 and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Peterlee to Colchester. However, there are services departing from Heworth and arriving at Colchester via Newcastle, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Liverpool Street. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4h 46m.
The distance between Peterlee and Colchester is 345 miles. The road distance is 260.9 miles.
The best way to get from Peterlee to Colchester without a car is to train which takes 4h 46m and costs £120 - £180.
It takes approximately 4h 46m to get from Peterlee to Colchester, including transfers.
Peterlee to Colchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bus Station Stand 11.
Peterlee to Colchester train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Newcastle station.
The best way to get from Peterlee to Colchester is to train which takes 4h 46m and costs £120 - £180. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £40 - £65 and takes 10h 7m, you could also fly, which costs £65 - £170 and takes 6h 39m.
What companies run services between Peterlee, England and Colchester, England?
You can take a bus from Peterlee Bus Station Stand A to Colchester via Interchange, Heworth, Central Station, Newcastle, London Kings Cross, King's Cross St. Pancras station, Liverpool Street station, and London Liverpool Street in around 4h 46m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Peterlee Bus Station Stand H to Coach Stop via Bus Station Stand 11 and London Victoria in around 10h 7m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Newcastle to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Newcastle to London Stansted Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Newcastle to London Stansted Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £19–110
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–120
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Sunday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £21–120
Flights from Newcastle to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–80
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Newcastle to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–230
Flights from Newcastle to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–95
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £20–95
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Newcastle to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to London Stansted Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Luton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Newcastle to Southampton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Newcastle to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–350
Train from Newcastle to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £90–130
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Thornaby to York
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from York to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Peterborough to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £45–75
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Chelmsford to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £10–16
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from London Liverpool Street to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Stratford (London) to Colchester
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–35
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Thornaby to York
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 345 603 4852
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Central Trains
Train from York to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Grand Central Trains
Train from Eaglescliffe to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- Grand Central Trains
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Peterborough to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from Southampton Airport Parkway to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £27–60
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Newcastle to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bus Station Stand 11 to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Coach Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +44 191 420 5050
- Website
- Go North East
Bus from Peterlee Bus Station Stand A to Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Go North East
Bus from Peterlee Bus Station Stand H to Kirkdale
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Go North East
Bus from Peterlee Bus Station Stand A to Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Go North East
- Phone
- +44 345 646 0707
- [email protected]
- Website
- First Essex
Bus from Coach Station to Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Website
- First Essex
Bus from Bus Interchange to Head Street
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2–3
- Website
- First Essex
- Phone
- +44 1279 793753
- [email protected]
- Website
- Central Connect
Bus from Coach Station to Bus Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3
- Website
- Central Connect
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Booking & Getting There
Peterlee to Colchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Peterlee to Colchester train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
Yes, the driving distance between Peterlee to Colchester is 261 miles. It takes approximately 4h 39m to drive from Peterlee to Colchester.
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