Barnstaple train station
You can reach 37 stations directly from Barnstaple on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Crediton, with 34 trains a day.
Address: Station Road, Barnstaple, EX31 2AU
Barnstaple is the nearest station for postcodes in EX31, EX32, EX33, EX34, EX39, EX35. Check your own postcode.
- 37 direct destinations
- 785th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 116 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Barnstaple
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crediton | 34 | 35 | 26 |
| Eggesford | 34 | 35 | 26 |
| Exeter St Davids | 34 | 35 | 26 |
| Umberleigh | 34 | 34 | 25 |
| Copplestone | 33 | 34 | 25 |
| Yeoford | 33 | 34 | 25 |
| Morchard Road | 32 | 34 | 25 |
| Exeter Central | 27 | 28 | 22 |
| Lapford | 14 | 14 | 9 |
| Kings Nympton | 12 | 11 | 8 |
| Newton St Cyres | 10 | 11 | 13 |
| Portsmouth Arms | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| Chapelton | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Digby and Sowton | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Exmouth | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Exton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lympstone Commando | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lympstone Village | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Newcourt | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Polsloe Bridge | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| St James' Park | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Topsham | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Axminster | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cranbrook | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawlish | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dawlish Warren | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Exeter St Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Feniton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Honiton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marsh Barton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Newton Abbot | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paignton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pinhoe | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Starcross | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Teignmouth | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Torquay | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Torre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Barnstaple
Barnstaple is on the Tarka Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Barnstaple station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Barnstaple station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Barnstaple station is
608,780 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 785th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Barnstaple and Exeter Central than any other pair: 193,622 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 18 stations instead of 37, a drop of about 51%. Saturday runs to 13.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Barnstaple loses 1 destination including Lympstone Commando.
Nearest other stations
- Chapelton 4.3 miles
- Umberleigh 6.4 miles
- Portsmouth Arms 9.4 miles
- Kings Nympton 11.7 miles
- Eggesford 15.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Barnstaple, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Barnstaple Town · 0.4 miles
- Barnstaple Quay · 0.5 miles
- Pilton · 0.7 miles
- Barnstaple Victoria Road · 0.7 miles
- Fremington · 2.5 miles
- Chelfham · 3.9 miles
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Facilities at Barnstaple station
Barnstaple is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:15 to 17:50 · Saturday: 06:15 to 17:50 · Sunday: 09:20 to 16:40
Toilets
Parking at Barnstaple station
- Station Car Park 116 spaces, 6 accessible
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 August 2026.
Getting to Barnstaple station
Barnstaple station is in North Devon, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Barnstaple station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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