Eggesford train station
You can reach 37 stations directly from Eggesford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Barnstaple, with 34 trains a day.
Eggesford is the nearest station for postcodes in EX18, EX19. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Eggesford
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstaple | 34 | 35 | 26 |
| Crediton | 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 Eggesford
Eggesford is on the Tarka Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Eggesford station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Eggesford 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 Eggesford station is
52,658 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,028th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Eggesford and Exeter Central than any other pair: 17,194 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, Eggesford loses 1 destination including Lympstone Commando.
Nearest other stations
- Lapford 3.5 miles
- Kings Nympton 3.6 miles
- Morchard Road 5.8 miles
- Portsmouth Arms 5.8 miles
- Copplestone 7.4 miles
Facilities at Eggesford station
Eggesford is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 February 2026.
Getting to Eggesford station
Eggesford station is in Mid Devon, South West, and is run by Great Western Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M5 J29 (Sowton Interchange), 20.9 miles south-east.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Eggesford 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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