Exeter Central railway station

You can reach 68 stations directly from Exeter Central on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Exeter St Davids, with 139 trains a day.

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Address: Queen Street, Exeter, EX4 3SB

Direct trains from Exeter Central

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Exeter St Davids	139	145	104
Digby and Sowton	72	69	50
Exmouth	72	69	50
Lympstone Village	72	69	50
Newcourt	72	69	50
Topsham	72	69	50
Dawlish	61	60	31
Newton Abbot	61	60	31
Paignton	61	60	31
Teignmouth	61	60	31
Torquay	61	60	31
Torre	61	60	31
Polsloe Bridge	55	56	32
St James' Park	54	64	32
Exton	53	55	32
Lympstone Commando	53	67	32
Crediton	49	56	39
Dawlish Warren	48	59	31
Exeter St Thomas	43	42	29
Starcross	43	42	29
Marsh Barton	41	37	29
Barnstaple	27	31	21
Copplestone	27	31	21
Eggesford	27	31	21
Morchard Road	27	31	21
Umberleigh	27	31	21
Yeoford	27	31	21
Okehampton	22	25	18
Axminster	21	20	16
Cranbrook	21	20	16
Feniton	21	20	16
Honiton	21	20	16
Pinhoe	21	20	16
Crewkerne	19	20	16
Whimple	19	20	16
Yeovil Junction	19	20	16
Salisbury	17	18	15
Gillingham	16	16	15
Sherborne	16	16	15
Tisbury	16	16	15

and 28 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Exeter Central is

2,962,450 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 183rd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 329,880 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Exeter Central and Exmouth than any other pair: 364,350 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: 54 stations instead of 68, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 54.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Exeter Central loses 1 including Yeovil Pen Mill.

Nearest other stations

St James' Park 0.5 miles
Exeter St Davids 0.5 miles
Exeter St Thomas 0.7 miles
Polsloe Bridge 1.4 miles
Marsh Barton 1.6 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Exeter Central, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Alphington Halt · 1.6 miles
Monkerton · 2.2 miles
Ide Halt · 2.2 miles
Longdown · 4.3 miles
Broad Clyst · 4.6 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.