Copplestone train station
You can reach 37 stations directly from Copplestone on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Barnstaple, with 33 trains a day.
Copplestone is the nearest station for postcodes in EX17. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Copplestone
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstaple | 33 | 38 | 26 |
| Crediton | 33 | 38 | 26 |
| Eggesford | 33 | 38 | 26 |
| Exeter St Davids | 33 | 38 | 26 |
| Umberleigh | 33 | 38 | 26 |
| Yeoford | 33 | 38 | 26 |
| Morchard Road | 32 | 38 | 26 |
| Exeter Central | 27 | 32 | 22 |
| Lapford | 14 | 16 | 10 |
| Kings Nympton | 12 | 13 | 8 |
| Newton St Cyres | 10 | 13 | 13 |
| Portsmouth Arms | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Chapelton | 4 | 5 | 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 | 4 | 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 |
How busy Copplestone station is
41,732 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,106th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Copplestone and Exeter Central than any other pair: 17,946 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 14.
Changing from 3 March 2027
From 3 March 2027, Copplestone loses 1 destination including Lympstone Commando.
Nearest other stations
- Morchard Road 1.6 miles
- Yeoford 2.8 miles
- Lapford 3.9 miles
- Crediton 5.0 miles
- Eggesford 7.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Copplestone, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bow railway station, Devon · 3.7 miles
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Facilities at Copplestone station
Copplestone is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Copplestone station
- Station Car Park 5 spaces
Cycle parking: 4 spaces.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 February 2026.
Getting to Copplestone station
Copplestone station is in Mid Devon, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J31 (Pearce's Hill), 13.7 miles south-east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Copplestone 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