Station Details for Hythe (Essex)

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Station Accessible information

• Step-free category:

  This station has step free access to both platforms via the level crossing on Hythe Station Road, with approximately 50 metres between platforms.

  This station is a category B1 station according to ORR station classification system. https://www.orr.gov.uk/media/10955

  Assistance meeting point is on the platform, next to the yellow boarding ramp.

• : B1
• Helpline:

  We want everyone to travel with confidence. That is why, if you are planning on travelling on national rail services, you can request an assistance booking in advance - now up to 2 hours before your journey is due to start, any time of the day. For more information about Passenger Assist and how to request an assistance booking via Passenger Assist, please click here.

• Help Points:

  Help points can be found at the following location(s):

  • Platform 1 (for trains towards Colchester, Chelmsford, and London Liverpool Street) - Next to the waiting shelter on the platform, fixed to the post beneath the customer information screens
  • Platform 2 (for trains towards Thorpe-Le-Soken, Clacton, and Walton-on-the-Naze) - At the entrance to this platform, fixed to the post beneath the customer information screen
• Induction Loop: Induction loops are only in Help Points
• Accessible Toilets: No
• Changing Places: No
• Staff Assistance:
  • This station is not staffed. Assistance can be provided by the conductor on board, but booking is recommended to avoid any delay to your journey.
  • What assistance is available for customers using this station?
  • How can Turn Up And Go (TUAG) assistance be requested by customers using this station?
  • Assistance meeting point is on the platform, next to the yellow boarding ramp.
• Train Ramp: Ramps are kept at this station to provide assistance
• Wheelchairs Available: No
• Passenger Assistance:
  • Platform

    Meeting Point is on the platform. Unstaffed station, assistance provided by conductor.

• Drop-off / pick-up points:

  • Drop-off/pick-up

    The drop-off and/or pick-up point is on the same side of the road as the station

    This is a combined drop-off and pick-up point

    There is space for up to 5 vehicles to drop-off and/or pick-up

    There is no Help Point close to the drop-off and/or pick-up point

• Accessible ticket counters:
• Accessible ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection. There is limited space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair. The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users
• Printed local info:
• Announcements: Announcements are made both visually and audibly
• Customer service notes:

  Monday-Saturday 08:00-20:00Sunday 10:00-20:00Bank Holidays 09:00-18:00

  The hours shown are for the Customer Relations team on 0345 600 7245 (option 8).

  Closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

Station General information

• Station operator: Greater Anglia
• Ticket office:
• Ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection
• Collect online booked tickets: Yes
• London fare zone:
• Oyster card:
• Smartcard: No
• Contactless cards: No
• Sheltered waiting available: Yes
• Waiting rooms:
• First class lounge: No
• Staffing level: Unstaffed
• Information from staff:
  • Yes - from help point
• Staff assistance:
  • This station is not staffed. Assistance can be provided by the conductor on board, but booking is recommended to avoid any delay to your journey.
  • What assistance is available for customers using this station?
  • How can Turn Up And Go (TUAG) assistance be requested by customers using this station?
  • Assistance meeting point is on the platform, next to the yellow boarding ramp.
• Toilets:
• Baby changing available: No
• Transport links:
  • Replacement Bus.

    Rail replacement bus services pick up and drop off at the bus stops on Hythe Station Road.

  • Bus.

    Local Colchester Town bus services, which stop near the station

• CCTV available: Yes
• WiFi available:
• Refreshments:
• Shops:
• Luggage storage: No
• Lost property: Yes
• ATM machine: No
• Currency exchange: No
• Postbox: No
• Defibrillator available: Yes
• Trolleys available: No
• Cycle storage: 20 spaces. Racks. Sheltered.

  There is a sheltered cycle parking area providing twenty spaces which can be located next to the entrance on to Platform 1 (for trains towards Colchester, Chelmsford, and London Liverpool Street).

• Car parks:
• Taxi rank available: No
• Customer information screens:
  • Departure Screens

Station lift information

• No lift information available