Cranbrook train station
You can reach 30 stations directly from Cranbrook on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Axminster, with 21 trains a day.
Cranbrook is the nearest station for postcodes in EX5. Check your own postcode.
- 30 direct destinations
- 1,671st busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 135 parking spaces
Direct trains from Cranbrook
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Axminster | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Exeter Central | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| Exeter St Davids | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Feniton | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Honiton | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Pinhoe | 21 | 21 | 18 |
| Crewkerne | 19 | 21 | 18 |
| Whimple | 19 | 21 | 18 |
| Yeovil Junction | 19 | 21 | 18 |
| Salisbury | 17 | 19 | 0 |
| Gillingham | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Sherborne | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Tisbury | 16 | 18 | 0 |
| Templecombe | 16 | 18 | 17 |
| Andover | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Basingstoke | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| London Waterloo | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| Clapham Junction | 14 | 15 | 0 |
| Grateley | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Overton | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Whitchurch | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Woking | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Barnstaple | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Crediton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Copplestone | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eggesford | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kings Nympton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morchard Road | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Umberleigh | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Yeoford | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Cranbrook
Cranbrook is on the West of England Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Cranbrook station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook station is
120,374 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,671st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Cranbrook and Exeter Central than any other pair: 56,024 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: 12 stations instead of 30, a drop of about 60%. Saturday runs to 22.
Nearest other stations
- Pinhoe 2.3 miles
- Whimple 3.2 miles
- Digby and Sowton 3.4 miles
- Polsloe Bridge 3.8 miles
- Newcourt 4.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cranbrook, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Broad Clyst · 0.5 miles
- Monkerton · 3.2 miles
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Facilities at Cranbrook station
Cranbrook is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
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Parking at Cranbrook station
- Station Car Park 135 spaces
free
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Cranbrook station
Cranbrook station is in East Devon, South West, and is run by South Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J29 (Sowton Interchange), 2.2 miles south-west.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cranbrook 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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